Difference between Northeasterly and North

What is the difference between Northeasterly and North?

Northeasterly as an adjective is situated in, or pointing towards the northeast while North as an adjective is toward the north; northward.

Northeasterly

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: situated in, or pointing towards the northeast coming from the northeast

North

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Toward the north; northward.Of wind, from the north.Of or pertaining to the north; northern.Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: One of the four major compass points, specifically 0, directed toward the North Pole, and conventionally upwards on a map.The up or positive direction.The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks Earth's magnetic North Pole (which, for its magnetic properties, is a south pole).

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Toward the north; northward.Of wind, from the north.

Example sentence: As a boy, because I was born and raised in Ohio, about 60 miles north of Dayton, the legends of the Wrights have been in my memories as long as I can remember.

We hope you now know whether to use Northeasterly or North in your sentence.

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