slant vs recline

slant is a noun but recline is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
slant	Yes	No	Yes	No
recline	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, recline is a hyponym of slant; that is, recline is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than slant:

Other hyponyms of slant include incline, pitch, slope, weather, heel, list, lean back.

slant (noun)	recline (noun)
degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
a biased way of looking at or presenting something

slant (verb)	recline (verb)
present with a bias	lean in a comfortable resting position
to incline or bend from a vertical position	cause to recline
heel over	move the upper body backwards and down
lie obliquely