tendency vs mental attitude

mental attitude vs tendency

tendency and mental attitude both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tendency	Yes	No	No	No
mental attitude	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mental attitude is a hypernym of tendency; that is, mental attitude is a word with a broader meaning than tendency:

tendency: an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
mental attitude: a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways

Other hypernyms of tendency include attitude.

tendency (noun)	mental attitude (noun)
a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect	a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways
an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
an inclination to do something
a general direction in which something tends to move

Difference between tendency and mental attitude

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