favoritism vs inclination

inclination vs favoritism

favoritism and inclination both are nouns.

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

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

favoritism: an inclination to favor some person or group
inclination: an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others

Other hypernyms of favoritism include disposition, tendency.

favoritism (noun)	inclination (noun)
unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice	the act of inclining; bending forward
an inclination to favor some person or group	a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect
	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
	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 favoritism and inclination

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