different between direction vs handling

direction

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

direction From the web:

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handling

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?hændl???/, /?hændl??/
  • Hyphenation: hand?ling

Etymology 1

From Middle English handlinge, hondlunge, from Old English handlung (handling), equivalent to handle +? -ing. Cognate with Dutch handeling (trade, operation, action), German Handlung (act, action), Swedish handling (act, deed, action).

Noun

handling (countable and uncountable, plural handlings)

  1. A touching, controlling, managing, using, take care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.
    • 1864, Oregon. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives
      [] at San Francisco it is warehoused and reshipped to Liverpool, or other foreign market; and in exchange for this wheat, comes back the merchandise which has to pass through all these shipments, reshipments, warehousings, handlings, &c.
  2. (art) The mode of using the pencil or brush; style of touch.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Fairholt to this entry?)
  3. A criminal offence, the trade in stolen goods.
Derived terms
  • double-handling
  • request-handling
Related terms
  • handling charge
  • handling fee
Translations

Etymology 2

From handle.

Verb

handling

  1. present participle of handle

Danish

Noun

handling

  1. action, act

Declension


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From handle +? -ing

Noun

handling f or m (definite singular handlinga or handlingen, indefinite plural handlinger, definite plural handlingene)

  1. an act, deed
  2. action
  3. the plot or storyline, in a work of fiction
  4. shopping; the action of visiting shops

Derived terms

  • terrorhandling
  • voldshandling

References

  • “handling” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From handle +? -ing

Noun

handling f (definite singular handlinga, indefinite plural handlingar, definite plural handlingane)

  1. an act, deed
  2. action
  3. the plot or storyline, in a work of fiction
  4. shopping; the action of visiting shops

Derived terms

  • terrorhandling
  • valdshandling

References

  • “handling” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

handla +? -ing

Pronunciation

Noun

handling c

  1. an act, a deed
  2. an act, a document
  3. action
  4. the plot or storyline, in a work of fiction
  5. shopping; the action of visiting shops

Declension

Derived terms

  • terrorhandling

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  • what's handling in horizon zero dawn
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  • what handling means
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