gradient vs slant

gradient and slant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gradient	Yes	No	No	No
slant	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

gradient: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal
slant: degree of deviation from a horizontal plane

Other hyponyms of gradient include grade, pitch, rake, abruptness, precipitousness, steepness, gentleness, gradualness.

gradient (noun)	slant (noun)
the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal	degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension	a biased way of looking at or presenting something

gradient (verb)	slant (verb)
	present with a bias
	to incline or bend from a vertical position
	heel over
	lie obliquely