Meaning interpretation
1, west Britain [west] America [west]
West; West; Western countries, Western Europe and North America;
West; Westward; West; Westward;
Westward; Facing the west;
2. Western English [? West? N] beauty [? West? rn]
West; Westward; West; Western countries; (esp in Europe and America);
Western movies and novels (describing the American west in the19th century, especially about the life of cowboys);
Similarities: both mean "in the west, in the west"
Difference: solution. The west focuses on describing the direction or referring to the direction from the west; The west refers to seeing the west from a fixed point, or seeing the west from something or a place.
Usage difference
West, as a noun, means "west, west, west", which is the opposite direction to east. It is usually used only in singular form, and it needs to be preceded by the definite article the.
As an adjective, the west means "in the west, in the west, facing the west". West is often used as an attribute in sentences.
Western means "western, western, in the west, in the west", refers to the west or a country in the world, and can also refer to places belonging to or in the west, sometimes capitalized. Western is mainly used as an attribute in sentences, and occasionally it can also be used as a predicative.
Classic example
West's example
We learn from western countries.
We learn from western countries.
Our salesman is in charge of the west coast.
Our salesman is in charge of the western coastal areas.
They live in West Germany.
They live in western Germany.
Example sentences in the west
200 years ago, there was no law in the western United States.
Two hundred years ago, there was no law and order in the western United States.
I will emigrate to the western forest.
I'm moving to the jungle in the west.
Alaska lies at the westernmost tip of North America.
Alaska is at the end of western North America.