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direction vs style

style vs direction

direction and style both are nouns.

direction is not a verb while style is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
direction Yes No No No
style Yes No Yes No
As nouns, style is a hyponym of direction; that is, style is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than direction:
  • direction: a message describing how something is to be done
  • style: editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display
Other hyponyms of direction include rule, prescript, rule, rubric, misdirection, address, destination, name and address, markup, prescription, formula, recipe, rule, stage direction, system command.
direction (noun) style (noun)
the act of managing something a slender bristlelike or tubular process
the act of setting and holding a course a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving
a general course along which something has a tendency to develop how something is done or how it happens
the concentration of attention or energy on something distinctive and stylish elegance
something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action the popular taste at a given time
a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something a particular kind (as to appearance)
a message describing how something is to be done a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
a line leading to a place or point editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display
the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma
direction (verb) style (verb)
designate by an identifying term
make consistent with certain rules of style
make consistent with a certain fashion or style
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