heading vs direction

direction vs heading

heading and direction both are nouns.

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

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

heading: the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
direction: a line leading to a place or point

Other hypernyms of heading include way.

heading (noun)	direction (noun)
a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine	the act of managing something
a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about	the act of setting and holding a course
the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies	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

Difference between heading and direction

Words related to "direction"

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