What is the difference between eastern and east?
eastern | east |
Of, facing, situated in, or related to the east.
* 1948 , , North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States , J. B. Lippincott Company, page 25,
(of a wind) Blowing from the east; easterly.
(loosely) Oriental.
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
East is a derived term of eastern.
East is a synonym of eastern.
As adjectives the difference between eastern and east
is that eastern is of, facing, situated in, or related to the east while east is situated or lying in or towards the east; eastward.As a noun east is
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.As an adverb east is
towards the east; eastwards.As a proper noun East is
(personification) The wind from the east.eastern
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(en adjective)- While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.