different between direction vs dilection

English

Etymology

From Middle English direccioun, from Old French direccion, from Latin d?r?cti?. Equivalent to direct +? -ion

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /d(a)????k.??n/
• Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

direction (countable and uncountable, plural directions)

1. A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).
   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,

     Just before Warwick reached Liberty Point, a young woman came down Front Street from the direction of the market-house. When their paths converged, Warwick kept on down Front Street behind her, it having been already his intention to walk in this direction.

2. A general trend for future action.
3. Guidance, instruction.

4. The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc.

5. (dated) The body of persons who guide or manage a matter; the directorate.
6. (archaic) A person's address.
   • 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, page 218:

     Her aunt Leonella was still at Cordova, and she knew not her direction.

Derived terms

Related terms

• direct

Translations

Anagrams

• cretinoid

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin d?r?cti?, d?r?cti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.??k.sj??/

Noun

direction f (plural directions)

1. (spatial) direction
2. (figuratively) direction
3. government
4. (figuratively) the director of the administration/organisation
5. (occasional, figurative) the territory administered by a government

Derived terms

• direction assistée

Related terms

• directeur
• diriger

Descendants

• ? Turkish: direksiyon

Further reading

• “direction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Noun

direction (plural directiones)

1. direction (orientation, point where one is headed)
2. direction, leadership, control, supervision

English

Etymology

From Latin dilectio (“dilection”). See diligent.

Noun

dilection (plural dilections)

1. (dated) love; loving kindness
   • 1554, Dr. Martin [ Stephen Gardiner? ], Treatise on the Marriage of Priestes

     These words mine, and thine, proceeded first of iniquitie, because men did not observe mutual and natural dilection.

   • 1586, John Harmar (translator), Master Bezaes sermons

     And this was the first testimony of the infinite dilection of God towards man.

   • 1614, John King, Vitis Palatina

     A bone not far from his heart, to put him in mind of dilection and love to the woman.

   • 1648, Robert Boyle, Discourse on Seraphick Love, published 1660

     So free is Christ's dilection, that the grand condition of our felicity is our belief.

2. (dated) choice

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.l?k.sj??/

Noun

dilection f (plural dilections)

1. pious love; dilection (love)