Western vs South - What's the difference?
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Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west.
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Occidental.
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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).
One of the four major compass points, specifically 180°, directed toward the South Pole, and conventionally downwards on a map.
Toward the south; southward.
from the south.
Of or pertaining to the south; southern.
Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by southbound traffic.
Toward the south; southward.
Downward.
In an adverse direction or trend.
(meteorology) Of wind, from the south.
To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.
(astronomy) To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line.
As adjectives the difference between western and south
is that western is of, facing, situated in, or related to the west while south is toward the south; southward.As nouns the difference between western and south
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 south is one of the four major compass points, specifically 180°, directed toward the South Pole, and conventionally downwards on a map.As an adverb south is
toward the south; southward.As a verb south is
to turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.As a proper noun South is
those states which formed the Confederacy during the American Civil War.western
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Adjective
(-)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.}}
- 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
* westernerNoun
(en noun)See also
* northern * eastern * southern * north-eastern * south-eastern * south-western * north-western English adjectives ending in -en ----south
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Noun
(-)Derived terms
* magnetic south * south by east * south by west * southbound * southeast * southed * southerly * southern * southerner * southing * south-southeast * south-southwest * southward * southwardly * southwards * southwestCoordinate terms
* (compass point) east, north, westAdjective
(-)Adverb
(-)Verb
(en verb)- The moon souths at nine.