inclination vs undertow

undertow vs inclination

inclination and undertow both are nouns.

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

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

inclination: that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking
undertow: an inclination contrary to the strongest or prevailing feeling

Other hyponyms of inclination include leaning, propensity, tendency, stomach.

inclination (noun)	undertow (noun)
the act of inclining; bending forward	the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore
a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect	an inclination contrary to the strongest or prevailing feeling
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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