direction vs prescription

prescription vs direction

direction and prescription both are nouns.

direction is not an adjective while prescription is an adjective.

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

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

direction: a message describing how something is to be done
prescription: directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions

Other hyponyms of direction include rule, prescript, rule, rubric, misdirection, address, destination, name and address, markup, formula, recipe, rule, stage direction, style, system command.

direction (noun)	prescription (noun)
the act of managing something	a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist
the act of setting and holding a course	directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions
a general course along which something has a tendency to develop	written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient
the concentration of attention or energy on something	written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person
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 (adjective)	prescription (adjective)
	available only with a doctor's written prescription

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