Instruction vs. Direction

Instructionnoun

(uncountable) The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with information or knowledge.

Instructionnoun

(countable) An instance of the information or knowledge so furnished.

Instructionnoun

(countable) An order or command.

Instructionnoun

(computing) A single operation of a processor defined by an instruction set architecture.

Instructionnoun

A set of directions provided by a manufacturer for the users of a product or service.

Instructionnoun

The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information.

Instructionnoun

That which instructs, or with which one is instructed; the intelligence or information imparted

Instructionnoun

a segment of coded data that is interpreted by a computer as a command to perform an operation or series of operations. The term instruction is applied to both the electronic form of the data as represented in and executed by the computer, and to any line of written computer code which is interpreted as one instruction by a compiler. A computer program is comprised of one or more instructions.

Instructionnoun

a message describing how something is to be done;

Instructionnoun

the activities of educating or instructing or teaching; activities that impart knowledge or skill;

Instructionnoun

the profession of a teacher;

Instructionnoun

(computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program

Directionnoun

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).

Directionnoun

A general trend for future action.

Directionnoun

Guidance, instruction.

Directionnoun

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

Directionnoun

(dated) The body of persons who guide or manage a matter; the directorate.

Directionnoun

(archaic) A person's address.

Directionnoun

The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o public affairs or of a bank.

Directionnoun

That which is imposed by directing; a guiding or authoritative instruction; prescription; order; command; as, he grave directions to the servants.

Directionnoun

The name and residence of a person to whom any thing is sent, written upon the thing sent; superscription; address; as, the direction of a letter.

Directionnoun

The line or course upon which anything is moving or aimed to move, or in which anything is lying or pointing; aim; line or point of tendency; direct line or course; as, the ship sailed in a southeasterly direction.

Directionnoun

The body of managers of a corporation or enterprise; board of directors.

Directionnoun

The pointing of a piece with reference to an imaginary vertical axis; - distinguished from elevation. The direction is given when the plane of sight passes through the object.

Directionnoun

a line leading to a place or point;

Directionnoun

the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves;

Directionnoun

a general course along which something has a tendency to develop;

Directionnoun

something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action

Directionnoun

the act of managing something;

Directionnoun

a message describing how something is to be done;

Directionnoun

the act of setting and holding a course;

Directionnoun

a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something;

Directionnoun

the concentration of attention or energy on something;

Directionnoun

a course along which someone or something moves

Directionnoun

the course which must be taken in order to reach a destination

Directionnoun

a point to or from which a person or thing moves or faces

Directionnoun

a general way in which someone or something is developing; a trend or tendency

Directionnoun

general aim or purpose

Directionnoun

the management or guidance of someone or something

Directionnoun

the work of directing the actors and other staff in a film, play, or other production.

Directionnoun

instructions on how to reach a destination or about how to do something