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Inclination vs Affinity - What's the difference?

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In geometry terms the difference between inclination and affinity

is that inclination is the angle of intersection of a reference plane while affinity is an automorphism of affine space.

As nouns the difference between inclination and affinity

is that inclination is a physical tilt or bend while affinity is a natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.

inclination

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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
    • ''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 .
  • (obsolete) A person or thing loved or admired.

    • Derived terms

    * inclinational

    Synonyms

    * incline * inclining * steepness

    Related terms

    * inclinable * inclined plane * inclinometer

    affinity

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia affinity) (affinities)
  • A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.
  • A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity. (e.g. sister).
  • A kinsman or kinswoman of such relationship. Affinal kinsman or kinswoman.
  • The fact of and manner in which something is related to another.
  • * 1997 , Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault'', page 67, ''The Renaissance Episteme (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865):
    • A “signature” was placed on all things by God to indicate their affinities' — but it was hidden, hence the search for arcane knowledge. Knowing was '''guessing''' and ' interpreting , not observing or demonstrating.
  • Any romantic relationship.
  • Any passionate love for something.
  • (taxonomy) resemblances between biological populations; resemblances that suggest that they are of a common origin, type or stock.
  • (geology) structural resemblances between minerals; resemblances that suggest that they are of a common origin or type.
  • (chemistry) An attractive force between atoms, or groups of atoms, that contributes towards their forming bonds
  • (medicine) The attraction between an antibody and an antigen
  • (computing) tendency to keep a task running on the same processor in a symmetric multiprocessing operating system to reduce the frequency of cache misses
  • (geometry) An automorphism of affine space.

    • Derived terms

    * affinity card * affinity fraud * affinity reagent * microaffinity