Difference between Northwesterly and North

Northwesterly

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: From the northwest

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: situated in, or pointing to, the northwest coming from the northwest

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.