tendency vs sympathy

sympathy vs tendency

tendency and sympathy both are nouns.

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

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

tendency: 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 tendency 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.

tendency (noun)	sympathy (noun)
a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect	an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others	sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)
an inclination to do something	a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other
a general direction in which something tends to move

Difference between tendency and sympathy

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