disposition vs inclination

disposition and inclination both are nouns.

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

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

disposition: a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing
inclination: a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect

Other hyponyms of disposition include aptness, propensity, mordacity, predisposition, proneness, separatism, tendency.

As nouns, disposition and inclination are synonyms defined as:

disposition and inclination: an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others

Other synonyms of disposition include tendency.

disposition (noun)	inclination (noun)
the act or means of getting rid of something	the act of inclining; bending forward
your usual mood	a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect
a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing	the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others	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

disposition vs inclination

disposition and inclination both are nouns.

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