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path vs direction

direction vs path

path and direction both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
path Yes No No No
direction Yes No No No
As nouns, direction is a hyponym of path; that is, direction is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than path:
  • path: an established line of travel or access
  • direction: a line leading to a place or point
Other hyponyms of path include feeder line, main line, data track, track, air lane, airway, flight path, skyway, approach pattern, pattern, traffic pattern, flight path, beat, round, bus route, line of flight, line of march, celestial orbit, orbit, electron orbit, orbit, paper round, paper route, beeline, circuit, crosscut, supply line, supply route, line of fire, flyway, migration route, fairway, way, trade route.
path (noun) direction (noun)
a course of conduct the act of managing something
a way especially designed for a particular use the act of setting and holding a course
an established line of travel or access a general course along which something has a tendency to develop
a line or route along which something travels or moves 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 path and direction

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