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Directed vs Sideling - What's the difference?

directed | sideling |

As adjectives the difference between directed and sideling

is that directed is in a manner emphasizing one's point of view while sideling is directed toward one side.

As a verb directed

is (direct).

As an adverb sideling is

in a sidelong direction.

directed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • In a manner emphasizing one's point of view.
  • (graph theory) Having the properties of a directed graph.
  • Antonyms

    * undirected

    Derived terms

    * directed graph

    Verb

    (head)
  • (direct)
  • Anagrams

    *

    sideling

    English

    Alternative forms

    * sidling

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • directed toward one side
  • inclining, having an inclination
  • Synonyms

    * (directed to one side) oblique * (inclining) sloping

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • in a sidelong direction
  • obliquely; askew
  • * Jonathan Swift
  • A fellow nailed up maps some sideling , and others upside down.

    Synonyms

    * sideways

    Derived terms

    * sidle