West vs Southeast - What's the difference?
west | southeast |
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 direction of the cardinal compass point halfway between south and east, specifically 135°, abbreviated as SE.
southeastern (UK : south-eastern), southeasternmost; occupying a position that is relatively southeast of another.
Towards the southeast (UK : south-east); southeastwards.
From the southeast, southeasterly
As nouns the difference between west and southeast
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 southeast is the direction of the cardinal compass point halfway between south and east, specifically 135°, abbreviated as SE.As adjectives the difference between west and southeast
is that west is situated or lying in or toward the west; westward while southeast is southeastern (UK: south-eastern), southeasternmost; occupying a position that is relatively southeast of another.As an adverb west
is towards the west; westwards.As a verb west
is to move to the west; (of the sun) to set.As a proper noun West
is the Western world; the regions, primarily situated in the Western Hemisphere, whose culture is derived from Europe.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.
