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tramontane vs northerly

northerly vs tramontane

tramontane and northerly both are nouns.

tramontane and northerly both are adjectives.

tramontane is not an adverb while northerly is an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
tramontane Yes Yes No No
northerly Yes Yes No Yes
As nouns, northerly is a hypernym of tramontane; that is, northerly is a word with a broader meaning than tramontane:
  • tramontane: a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean
  • northerly: a wind that blows from the north
Other hypernyms of tramontane include boreas, north wind, norther.
tramontane (noun) northerly (noun)
a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean a wind that blows from the north
tramontane (adjective) northerly (adjective)
on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker) coming from the north; used especially of wind
being or coming from another country oriented toward the north
tramontane (adverb) northerly (adverb)
in a northern direction
Difference between tramontane and northerly

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