East vs Vast - What's the difference?
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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...
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.
towards the east; eastwards
Very large or wide (literally or figuratively).
Very great in size, amount, degree, intensity, or especially extent.
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(obsolete) Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.
* William Shakespeare, the Life and Death of Richard the Third Act I, scene IV:
(poetic) A vast space.
* 1608': they have seemed to be together, though absent, shook hands, as over a '''vast , and embraced, as it were, from the ends of opposed winds. — William Shakespeare, ''The Winter's Tale , I.i
As a proper noun east
is (personification ) the wind from the east.As a noun vast is
west (compass point).east
English
(wikipedia east)Noun
Coordinate terms
* (compass point) north, south, westDerived terms
(terms derived from east) * east by north * east by south * easterliness * easterly * eastern * easterner * easting * eastward * eastwardly * eastwards * northeast * north-northeast * southeast * south-southeastAdjective
(-)Synonyms
* (situated or lying in or towards the east) eastward * easterly * (of or pertaining to the east) eastern * (from the East) orientalAntonyms
* (situated or lying in or towards the east) westward * westerly * (of or pertaining to the east) westernAdverb
(-)Synonyms
* (towards the east) eastwardsAntonyms
* (towards the east) west. westwardsAnagrams
* 1000 English basic words ----vast
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- The Sahara desert is vast .
- There is a vast difference between them.
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- the empty, vast , and wandering air