West vs Westernly - What's the difference?
west | westernly |
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:
(obsolete) In or towards the west.
*1624 , John Smith, Generall Historie , in Kupperman 1988, p. 145:
*:They have many enemies, namely, all their westernly Countries beyond the mountaines, and the heads of the rivers.
As adjectives the difference between west and westernly
is that west is situated or lying in or toward the west; westward while westernly is in or towards the west.As a noun 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.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.