inclination vs attitude

attitude vs inclination

inclination and attitude both are nouns.

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

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

inclination: an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
attitude: a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways

Other hypernyms of inclination include mental attitude.

inclination (noun)	attitude (noun)
the act of inclining; bending forward	a theatrical pose created for effect
a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect	the arrangement of the body and its limbs
the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical	a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways
an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others	position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion)
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 inclination and attitude

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