direction vs opposition

opposition vs direction

direction and opposition both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
direction	Yes	No	No	No
opposition	Yes	No	No	No

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

direction: the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves
opposition: a direction opposite to another

Other hyponyms of direction include frontage, orientation, windward, leeward, seaward, compass point, point, compass north, magnetic north, north, north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest, west, northwest.

direction (noun)	opposition (noun)
the act of managing something	the act of hostile groups opposing each other
the act of setting and holding a course	the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
a general course along which something has a tendency to develop	a body of people united in opposing something
the concentration of attention or energy on something	an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action	a contestant that you are matched against
a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something	a direction opposite to another
a message describing how something is to be done	the relation between opposed entities
a line leading to a place or point
the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves

Difference between direction and opposition

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