West vs Occident - What's the difference?
west | occident |
One of the four principal compass points, specifically 270°, conventionally directed to the left on maps; the direction of the setting sun at an equinox.
Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.
(meteorology) Of wind: from the west.
Of or pertaining to the west; western.
From the West; occidental.
Towards the west; westwards.
To move to the west; (of the sun) to set.
* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.prologue:
The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west.
The Western world; the part of the world excluding Asia
As nouns the difference between west and occident
is that west is one of the four principal compass points, specifically 270°, conventionally directed to the left on maps; the direction of the setting sun at an equinox while occident is the part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west.As proper nouns the difference between west and occident
is that west is the Western world; the regions, primarily situated in the Western Hemisphere, whose culture is derived from Europe while Occident is the West (Western world.As an adjective west
is situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.As an adverb west
is towards the west; westwards.As a verb west
is to move to the west; (of the sun) to set.west
English
(wikipedia west)Noun
(-)Derived terms
* north-northwest * northwest * south-southwest * southwest * west by north * west by south * wester * westerly * western * westerner * westing * westward * westwardly * westwardsCoordinate terms
* (compass point) east, north, southAdjective
Adverb
(-)Verb
(en verb)- Foure times his place he shifted hath in sight, / And twice has risen, where he now doth West', / And ' wested twice, where he ought rise aright.