direction vs north-south direction

direction and north-south direction both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
direction	Yes	No	No	No
north-south direction	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, north-south direction is a hyponym of direction; that is, north-south direction is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than direction:

direction: a line leading to a place or point
north-south direction: in a direction parallel with lines of longitude

Other hyponyms of direction include aim, bearing, heading, course, trend, east-west direction, qibla, tendency, trend.

direction (noun)	north-south direction (noun)
the act of managing something	in a direction parallel with lines of longitude
the act of setting and holding a course
a general course along which something has a tendency to develop
the concentration of attention or energy on something
something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
a message describing how something is to be done
a line leading to a place or point
the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves

direction vs north-south direction

direction and north-south direction both are nouns.

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