attitude vs inclination

inclination vs attitude

attitude and inclination both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
attitude	Yes	No	No	No
inclination	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, inclination is a hyponym of attitude; that is, inclination is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than attitude:

attitude: a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways
inclination: an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others

Other hyponyms of attitude include acceptance, credence, culture, defensive, defensive attitude, hardball, high horse, southernism, mentality, mind-set, mindset, outlook, paternalism, position, posture, stance, disposition, tendency, tolerance, intolerance, esteem, regard, respect, disrespect, reverence, irreverence, orientation, apoliticism, politicalness, anti-traditionalism, Byronism, democratism, europhilia, permissivism.

attitude (noun)	inclination (noun)
a theatrical pose created for effect	the act of inclining; bending forward
the arrangement of the body and its limbs	a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect
a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways	the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion)	an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
	that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking
	(physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
	(geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis)
	(astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees

Difference between attitude and inclination

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