buoyancy vs inclination

inclination vs buoyancy

buoyancy and inclination both are nouns.

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

As nouns, inclination is a hypernym of buoyancy; that is, inclination is a word with a broader meaning than buoyancy:

buoyancy: the tendency to float in water or other liquid
inclination: a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect

Other hypernyms of buoyancy include tendency.

buoyancy (noun)	inclination (noun)
the property of something weightless and insubstantial	the act of inclining; bending forward
irrepressible liveliness and good spirit	a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect
the tendency to float in water or other liquid	the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface	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 buoyancy and inclination

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