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Directions vs. Instructions

Directions

Instructions or guidance on how to do something or reach somewhere

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Instructions

Detailed information on how something should be done or operated.

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Directions typically refer to geographic or spatial orientation, while instructions are more about tasks or procedures.
You follow directions to find a location, but you follow instructions to complete a task.
When thinking of directions, think of maps; when thinking of instructions, think of manuals.

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