particularism vs direction

particularism and direction both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of particularism include centering, centring, focal point, focus, focusing, focussing.

particularism (noun)	direction (noun)
a focus on something particular	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