north vs southerly

north

adv
  • Toward the north; northward; northerly. 

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

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

  • Toward the north; northward. 

  • Of or pertaining to the north; northern. 

  • More or greater than. 

  • Of wind, from the north. 

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

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

  • 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). 

  • The up or positive direction. 

southerly

adv
  • In a southward direction or position; (towards the) south. 

  • From the south. 

noun
  • A wind blowing from the south. 

adj
  • Located towards or in the south. 

  • Facing the south; directed towards the south. 

  • Coming from the south. 

How often have the words north and southerly occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )