Difference between Eastern and Southeastern

What is the difference between Eastern and Southeastern?

Eastern as an adjective is of, facing, situated in, or related to the east while Southeastern as an adjective is of or pertaining to the southeast.

Eastern

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of, facing, situated in, or related to the east blowing from the east; easterly oriental

Example sentence: I read a book called 'The Tao of Physics' by Fritjof Capra that pointed out the parallels between quantum physics and eastern mysticism. I started to feel there was more to reality than conventional science allowed for and some interesting ideas that it hadn't got round to investigating, such as altered states of consciousness.

Southeastern

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of or pertaining to the southeast.

We hope you now know whether to use Eastern or Southeastern in your sentence.

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