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Western vs European - What's the difference?

western | european |

As adjectives the difference between western and european

is that western is of, facing, situated in, or related to the west while European is related to Europe or the European Union.

As nouns the difference between western and european

is that western is a film, or some other dramatic work, set in, the historic American West (west of the Mississippi river) typically focusing on a cowboys vs. Indians conflict (real or imaginary) while European is person living or originating from Europe.

western

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west.
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  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.}}
  • (of a wind) Blowing from the west; westerly.
  • Occidental.
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  • Japanese is traditionally written downwards (tategaki'') and you begin reading from the top right of a page. This means that books are opened from what we would consider to be the back. Nowadays, however, books, newspapers and magazines are often written western''' style, in horizontal lines (''yokogaki'') from left to right and, in these cases, the book is opened from our (' western ) understanding of the front.

    Derived terms

    * westerner

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A film, or some other dramatic work, set in, the historic American West (west of the Mississippi river) typically focusing on a cowboys vs. Indians conflict (real or imaginary).
  • See also

    * northern * eastern * southern * north-eastern * south-eastern * south-western * north-western English adjectives ending in -en ----

    european

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (archaic) * (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Related to (l) or the (l).
  • white (ethnicity)
  • Stamps like this were common on furniture made in Australia in the 1st half of last century, when there were a number of Chinese furniture makers in Australia who were seen as competition to 'European Australian' makers.
    AUSTRALIAN MID-CENTURY FURNITURE. http://www.ohtel.com/about/furniture

    Hypernyms

    * Eurasian

    Derived terms

    (Derived terms) * European Central Bank * European Commission * European Commissioner * European option * European Parliament * European radish * European Union

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • person living or originating from Europe
  • person who resides within the (l)