literalism vs inclination

inclination vs literalism

literalism and inclination both are nouns.

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

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

literalism: a disposition to interpret statements in their literal sense
inclination: an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others

Other hypernyms of literalism include disposition, tendency.

literalism (noun)	inclination (noun)
the doctrine of realistic (literal) portrayal in art or literature	the act of inclining; bending forward
a disposition to interpret statements in their literal sense	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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