north-south direction vs direction

direction vs north-south direction

north-south direction and direction both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
north-south direction	Yes	No	No	No
direction	Yes	No	No	No

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

north-south direction: in a direction parallel with lines of longitude
direction: a line leading to a place or point

Other hypernyms of north-south direction include way.

north-south direction (noun)	direction (noun)
in a direction parallel with lines of longitude	the act of managing something
	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

Difference between north-south direction and direction

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