driving vs direction

direction vs driving

driving and direction both are nouns.

driving is an adjective but direction is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, direction is a hypernym of driving; that is, direction is a word with a broader meaning than driving:

driving: the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal
direction: the act of setting and holding a course

Other hypernyms of driving include travel, traveling, travelling, guidance, steering.

driving (noun)	direction (noun)
the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal	the act of managing something
hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver	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

driving (adjective)	direction (adjective)
having the power of driving or impelling
acting with vigor

Difference between driving and direction

Words related to "direction"

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