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Disinclination vs Reluctance - What's the difference?

disinclination | reluctance |

As nouns the difference between disinclination and reluctance

is that disinclination is the state of being disinclined; want of propensity, desire, or affection; slight aversion or dislike; indisposition while reluctance is unwillingness to do something.

disinclination

English

Noun

(-)
  • The state of being disinclined; want of propensity, desire, or affection; slight aversion or dislike; indisposition.

    • reluctance

    English

    Noun

  • Unwillingness to do something.
  • Hesitancy in taking some action.
  • (physics) That property of a magnetic circuit analogous to resistance in an electric circuit.

    • Derived terms

    * reluctance motor

    Related terms

    * reluctant, adjective * reluctantly, adverb