pilotage vs direction

direction vs pilotage

pilotage and direction both are nouns.

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

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

pilotage: the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
direction: the act of setting and holding a course

Other hypernyms of pilotage include guidance, steering.

pilotage (noun)	direction (noun)
the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place	the act of managing something
the occupation of a pilot	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 pilotage and direction

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