Northern vs. North: Know the Difference

Situated in, toward, or facing the north.

The direction along a meridian 90° counterclockwise from east; the direction to the left of sunrise.

Coming from the north

The cardinal point on the mariner's compass located at 0°.

Native to or growing in the north.

An area or region lying in the north.

Often Northern Of, relating to, or characteristic of northern regions or the North.

The northern part of the earth.

Being north of the equator.

The northern part of a region or country.

Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north; northerly.

North The northern part of the United States, especially the states that fought for the Union in the Civil War.

(of a wind) Blowing from the north; northerly.

The side of a church which is to the left as one faces the altar. Also called liturgical north.

(British) Characteristic of the North of England usually capitalised

To, toward, of, facing, or in the north.

An inhabitant of the northern regions.

Originating in or coming from the north

(fishing) The northern pike.

In, from, or toward the north.

A film or other dramatic work set primarily in the late 19th or early 20th century in the north of North America, primarily in western Canada but also in Alaska, often with a Mountie as the protagonist.

(Slang) Into a better condition, as of increased value

Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west.

One of the four principal compass points, specifically 0° (being directed towards the North Pole); conventionally upwards on a map.

In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind.

The up or positive direction.

A dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish Lallans

(physics) The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks the magnetic pole near Earth's geographic North Pole (which, for its magnetic properties, is a south pole).

In or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line;

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Situated in or oriented toward the north;

(ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar.

Coming from the north; used especially of wind;

Of or pertaining to the north; northern.

Situated in or coming from regions of the north;

Toward the north; northward.

(meteorology) Of wind, from the north.

Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.

(ecclesiastical) Designating, or situated in, the liturgical north (in a church, the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar).

(colloquial) More or greater than.

Toward the north; northward; northerly.

To turn or move toward the north.

That one of the four cardinal points of the compass, at any place, which lies in the direction of the true meridian, and to the left hand of a person facing the east; the direction opposite to the south.

Any country or region situated farther to the north than another; the northern section of a country.

Specifically: That part of the United States lying north of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line.

Lying toward the north; situated at the north, or in a northern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the north, or coming from the north.

To turn or move toward the north; to veer from the east or west toward the north.

Northward.

The region of the United States lying north of the Mason-Dixon Line

The United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War);

The cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees

Any region lying in or toward the north

The direction in which a compass needle points

British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792)

Situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north;

In a northern direction;