sanction

Direction is a related term of sanction.

As nouns the difference between direction and sanction

is that direction is the action of directing; pointing (something) or looking towards while sanction is an approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid.

As a verb sanction is

to ratify; to make valid.

Sanction is a related term of recognition.

As nouns the difference between sanction and recognition

is that sanction is an approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid while recognition is the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized.

As a verb sanction

is to ratify; to make valid.

Sanction is a related term of invest.

In lang=en terms the difference between sanction and invest

is that sanction is to penalize (a state etc) with sanctions while invest is to make investments.

As nouns the difference between sanction and invest

is that sanction is an approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid while invest is (meteorology) an unnamed tropical weather pattern "to investigate" for development into a significant (named) system