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What is the difference between northern and north?

northern | north |

North is a derived term of northern.



As adjectives the difference between northern and north

is that northern is of, facing, situated in, or related to the north while north is of or pertaining to the north; northern.

As a noun north is

one of the four major compass points, specifically 0°, directed toward the North Pole, and conventionally upwards on a map.

As an adverb north is

toward the north; northward.

As a verb north is

to turn or move toward the north.

As a proper noun North is

the Union during the American Civil War.

northern

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=28, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= High and wet , passage=Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages.}}
  • (of a wind) Blowing from the north; northerly.
  • (British) Characteristic of the North of England (usually capitalised) .

    • Synonyms

    * boreal * septentrional

    Antonyms

    * southern * austral * meridional

    See also

    * eastern * western * oriental * occidental English adjectives ending in -en

    north

    English

    (wikipedia north)

    Noun

    (-)
  • One of the four major compass points, specifically 0°, directed toward the North Pole, and conventionally upwards on a map.
    • Minnesota is in the north of the USA.
  • The up or positive direction.
    • Stock prices are heading north .
  • Above or higher
    • The price you're offering had better be north of the highest price this company has ever traded for.'' - Tom Aldredge in the movie ''
  • (physics) The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks the magnetic pole near Earth's geographic North Pole (which, for its magnetic properties, is a south pole).

    • Derived terms

    * grid north * magnetic north * north by east * north by west * northbound * northeast * northerly * northern * northerner * northing * north-northeast * north-northwest * north of the border * northward * northwardly * northwards * northwest * true north

    Related terms

    * Norse

    Antonyms

    * (l)

    Coordinate terms

    * (compass point) (l), (l), (l)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to the north; northern.
    • He lived in north Germany .
    She entered through the north gate.
  • Toward the north; northward.
  • * 1987 , Ana María Brull Vázquez, Rosa E. Casas, Cuba , page 23:
    • The most dangerous ones are those that develop during October and November and that follow a north path affecting the western part of the island.
  • (meteorology) Of wind, from the north.
    • The north wind was cold.
  • Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.
    • north highway 1
  • * 2001 , Joseph R Miller, Pipe Tobacco and Wool :
    • Traffic was doing the speed limit on North I-45 one minute and had come to a stand-still the next.
  • (colloquial) More or greater than.
    • The wedding ended up costing north of $50,000.

    Synonyms

    * (of the north) (l)

    Antonyms

    * (l)

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Toward the north; northward.
    • Switzerland is north of Italy.
    We headed north .

    Antonyms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To turn or move toward the north.
  • * 1769 , Henry Wilson, William Hume, Surveying improved (page 239)
    • When at B you had northed 3.71

    Anagrams

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