What is the difference between westerly and west?
westerly | west |
A westerly wind or storm.
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:
West is a derived term of westerly.
As adjectives the difference between westerly and west
is that westerly is situated in the west while west is situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.As adverbs the difference between westerly and west
is that westerly is towards the west while west is towards the west; westwards.As nouns the difference between westerly and west
is that westerly is a westerly wind or storm while 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 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.westerly
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* ponentUsage notes
Used by Land Surveyors when they do not want to be specific (not Astronomic West)Noun
(westerlies)Synonyms
* zephyr English contranymswest
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(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
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(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.