east northeast vs compass point

east northeast and compass point both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
east northeast	Yes	No	No	No
compass point	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, compass point is a hypernym of east northeast; that is, compass point is a word with a broader meaning than east northeast:

east northeast: the compass point midway between northeast and east
compass point: any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass

Other hypernyms of east northeast include point.

east northeast (noun)	compass point (noun)
the compass point midway between northeast and east	any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass