direction vs inclination

inclination vs direction

direction and inclination both are nouns.

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

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

direction: a general course along which something has a tendency to develop
inclination: an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others

Other hypernyms of direction include disposition, tendency.

direction (noun)	inclination (noun)
the act of managing something	the act of inclining; bending forward
the act of setting and holding a course	a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect
a general course along which something has a tendency to develop	the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
the concentration of attention or energy on something	an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action	that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking
a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something	(physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
a message describing how something is to be done	(geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis)
a line leading to a place or point	(astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees
the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves

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