inclination vs partisanship

partisanship vs inclination

inclination and partisanship both are nouns.

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

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

inclination: an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
partisanship: an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives

Other hyponyms of inclination include direction, drift, movement, trend, Call, denominationalism, devices, sympathy, understanding, favoritism, favouritism, leaning, proclivity, propensity, bent, set, literalism, perseveration, predisposition, favor, favour, disapproval, disfavor, disfavour, dislike, partiality, impartiality, nonpartisanship, dogmatism.

inclination (noun)	partisanship (noun)
the act of inclining; bending forward	an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives
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

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