different between eastern vs astern

English

Etymology

From Middle English esturne, esterne, from Old English ?asterne (“eastern”), from Proto-Germanic *austr?nijaz (“eastern”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?ews-ro- (“eastern”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?ews- (“dawn, east”). Cognate with Old Saxon and Old High German ?str?ni (“eastern”), Old Norse austrœnn (“eastern”). More at east.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?i?st?n/
• Rhymes: -i?st?(r)n

Adjective

eastern (comparative more eastern, superlative most eastern)

1. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the east.
   • 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 25,

     While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
2. (of a wind) Blowing from the east; easterly.
3. (loosely) Oriental.

Derived terms

• easternmost
• Eastern Norway

Translations

See also

• northern
• southern
• western
• northeastern
• southeastern
• southwestern
• northwestern

Anagrams

• Earnest, Saetern, Tareens, earnest, estrane, nearest, renates, sterane

English

Etymology

From a- (“towards”) +? stern (“rear part of a vessel”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??st?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??st??n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n

Adverb

astern (comparative more astern, superlative most astern) (nautical)

1. Behind (a vessel); in the rear.
2. In the direction of the stern; backward (motion); to the rear.
3. (obsolete or rare) At or toward the rear of a vessel.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:astern.

Antonyms

• ahead

Derived terms

• astern of

Translations

Adjective

astern (not comparable) (nautical)

1. Behind a vessel; having a bearing of 180 degrees from ahead.

   If one ship is following another, the first is astern of the second.

Usage notes

• Within the ship, the corresponding adjective is abaft. An object nearer the stern than the mainmast is abaft the mainmast.

Translations

Anagrams

• Arents, Stearn, Terans, antres, arents, arnest, atrens, naters, santer, sterna, transe