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Western vs Westmost - What's the difference?

western | westmost |

As adjectives the difference between western and westmost

is that western is of, situated in, or related to the west while westmost is furthest to the west; most western.

As a noun western

is a film, novel, or other work of a certain genre dealing with the american old west.

western

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west.
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  • (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 ----

    westmost

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Furthest to the west; most western.
  • Antonyms

    * eastmost