inclination vs sympathy

sympathy vs inclination

inclination and sympathy both are nouns.

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

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

inclination: an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
sympathy: an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion

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

inclination (noun)	sympathy (noun)
the act of inclining; bending forward	an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect	sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)
the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical	a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other
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 inclination and sympathy

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