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route vs direction

direction vs route

route and direction both are nouns.

route is a verb but direction is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
route Yes No Yes No
direction Yes No No No
As nouns, direction is a hyponym of route; that is, direction is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than route:
  • route: an established line of travel or access
  • direction: a line leading to a place or point
Other hyponyms of route 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.
route (noun) direction (noun)
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation the act of managing something
an established line of travel or access 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
route (verb) direction (verb)
send via a specific route
divert in a specified direction
send documents or materials to appropriate destinations
Difference between route and direction

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