West vs Westy - What's the difference?
west | westy |
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) Waste; desert.
(dialectal) Dizzy, giddy, confused.
As a proper noun west
is the western]] world; the regions, primarily situated in the western [[hemisphere|hemisphere, whose culture is derived from europe.As an adjective westy is
(obsolete) waste; desert or westy can be (dialectal) dizzy, giddy, confused.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.
Anagrams
* * 1000 English basic words ----westy
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) westi, . See (l).Adjective
(en-adj)Etymology 2
Origin obscure. Probably from (etyl) .Adjective
(en-adj)- Whiles he lies wallowing, with a westy head — Joseph Hall.