steering vs direction

steering and direction both are nouns.

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

As nouns, steering and direction are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of steering include guidance.

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

Other hypernyms of steering include management.

steering (noun)	direction (noun)
the act of setting and holding a course	the act of managing something
the act of guiding or showing the way	the act of setting and holding a course
the act of steering a ship	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