Difference between Westerly and West

What is the difference between Westerly and West?

Westerly as an adverb is towards the west. while West as an adverb is towards the west; westwards.

Westerly

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Towards the west.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Situated in the west. Coming from the west.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A westerly wind or storm.

West

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Towards the west; westwards.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.Of wind: from the west.Of or pertaining to the west; western.From the West; occidental.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: One of the four principal compass points, specifically 270, conventionally directed to the left on maps; the direction of the setting sun at an equinox.

We hope you now know whether to use Westerly or West in your sentence.

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