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East vs Gast - What's the difference?

east | gast |

As a proper noun east

is (personification ) the wind from the east.

As a noun gast is

a guest.

east

English

(wikipedia east)

Noun

  • One of the four principal compass points, specifically 90°, conventionally directed to the right on maps; the direction of the rising sun at an equinox.
  • * 1895 , , Jude the Obscure — In a few hours the birds come to it from all points of the compass – east, west, north, and south...

    • Coordinate terms

    * (compass point) north, south, west

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from east) * east by north * east by south * easterliness * easterly * eastern * easterner * easting * eastward * eastwardly * eastwards * northeast * north-northeast * southeast * south-southeast

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Situated or lying in or towards the east; eastward.
  • (meteorology) wind from the east
  • Of or pertaining to the east; eastern.
  • From the East; oriental.

    • Synonyms

    * (situated or lying in or towards the east) eastward * easterly * (of or pertaining to the east) eastern * (from the East) oriental

    Antonyms

    * (situated or lying in or towards the east) westward * westerly * (of or pertaining to the east) western

    Adverb

    (-)
  • towards the east; eastwards

    • Synonyms

    * (towards the east) eastwards

    Antonyms

    * (towards the east) west. westwards

    Anagrams

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    gast

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To frighten
    • And be not so a-gast, for shame! —Geoffrey Chaucer, The House of Fame
    Or whether gasted by the noise I made, full suddenly he fled. —William Shakespeare, King Lear

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