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Declivity vs Proclivity - What's the difference?

declivity | proclivity |

As nouns the difference between declivity and proclivity

is that declivity is the downward slope of a hill while proclivity is a predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection; especially refers to a strong disposition or bent.

declivity

English

Noun

(declivities)
  • (geomorphology) the downward slope of a hill
  • *1899 , Joseph Conrad,
  • *:A rocky cliff appeared, mounds of turned–up earth by the shore, houses on a hill, others with iron roofs, amongst a waste of excavations, or hanging to the declivity .
  • a downward bend in a path

    • Related terms

    * decline

    References

    proclivity

    English

    Noun

    (proclivities)
  • A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection; especially refers to a strong disposition or bent.
  • * , Episode 16
    • This therefore was the reason why the still comparatively young though dissolute man who now addressed Stephen was spoken of by some with facetious proclivities as Lord John Corley.

    Synonyms

    * propensity