Difference between Northeasterly and Northeast

What is the difference between Northeasterly and Northeast?

Northeasterly as an adjective is situated in, or pointing towards the northeast while Northeast as an adjective is towards the northeast; northeastward.

Northeasterly

Part of speech: adjective

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

Northeast

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The compass point halfway between north and east, specifically 45, abbreviated as NE.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Towards the northeast; northeastward.Of or pertaining to the northeast; northeastern.

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

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