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style vs direction

direction vs style

style and direction both are nouns.

style is a verb but direction is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
style Yes No Yes No
direction Yes No No No
As nouns, direction is a hypernym of style; that is, direction is a word with a broader meaning than style:
  • style: editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display
  • direction: a message describing how something is to be done
Other hypernyms of style include instruction.
style (noun) direction (noun)
a slender bristlelike or tubular process the act of managing something
a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving the act of setting and holding a course
how something is done or how it happens a general course along which something has a tendency to develop
distinctive and stylish elegance the concentration of attention or energy on something
the popular taste at a given time something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
a particular kind (as to appearance) a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period a message describing how something is to be done
editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display a line leading to a place or point
(botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves
style (verb) direction (verb)
designate by an identifying term
make consistent with certain rules of style
make consistent with a certain fashion or style
Difference between style and direction

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