Apt vs Inclination - What's the difference?
apt | inclination |
Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.
* (Jeremy Taylor) (1613–1677)
(of persons or things) Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.
* (1628–1699)
* (1834-1913)
* (Fairfax Harrison) (1869-1938)
Ready]]; especially fitted or [[qualify, qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar.
* (rfdate) Johnson
* (rfdate) (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:(Although I) live a thousand years, I shall not find myself so apt to die.
A physical tilt or bend
* The inclination of his head increased and he awoke with a start.
A slant or slope
* The road up to the house had a steep inclination .
(senseid)A mental tendency
* His inclination to drink escalated to alcoholism.
(geometry) The angle of intersection of a reference plane
(obsolete) A person or thing loved or admired.
As nouns the difference between apt and inclination
is that apt is while inclination is a physical tilt or bend.As a proper noun apt
is .apt
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- Tonight there’s a full moon, which is apt , since the election night will bring out the lunatics.
- a river apt to be forded by a lamb
- My vines and peacheswere apt to have a soot or smuttiness upon their leaves and fruit.
- This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of its leaves by a leaf-cutting ant.
- that lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers
- An apt wit.
Synonyms
(split by senses) * disposed, predisposed, inclined, liable, tending towards * appropriate, suitable, meet * fit, qualified * prompt, quick * ready * See alsoDerived terms
() * aptly * aptnessAnagrams
*inclination
English
Noun
(en noun)- ''The astronomer calculated the inclination of the equator or ecliptic of Earth and the orbital planes of each visible heavenly body.
- Artillery must take account of a weapon's precise inclination .