guidance vs direction

guidance and direction both are nouns.

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

As nouns, guidance and direction are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of guidance include steering.

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

Other hypernyms of guidance include management.

As nouns, guidance and direction are synonyms defined as:

guidance and direction: something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action

Other synonyms of guidance include counsel, counseling, counselling.

guidance (noun)	direction (noun)
the act of setting and holding a course	the act of managing something
the act of guiding or showing the way	the act of setting and holding a course
something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action	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