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Incline vs Dedicate - What's the difference?

incline | dedicate |

As verbs the difference between incline and dedicate

is that incline is while dedicate is to set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.

As an adjective dedicate is

(obsolete) dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.

incline

English

(wikipedia incline)

Alternative forms

* encline (obsolete)

Verb

(inclin)
  • (lb) To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.
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  • (lb) To slope.
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  • To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.
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  • *:"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;."
  • *(rfdate), J. M. G. van der Poel, "Agriculture in Pre- and Protohistoric Times", in the Acta Historiae Neerlandica published by the Netherlands Committee of Historical Sciences, p.170:
  • *:The terp farmer made use of the plough, as is shown by the discovery of three ploughshares and four coulters..
  • *Usage note: In this sense incline is usually used in the passive voice, and usually intransitively.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A slope.
  • * To reach the building, we had to climb a steep incline .

    • Related terms

    * climate * cline * decline * recline

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    dedicate

    English

    Verb

    (dedicat)
  • To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
  • To set apart for a special use
    • dedicated their money to scientific research.
  • To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action
    • dedicated ourselves to starting our own business. See Synonyms at devote.
  • To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection.
  • To open (a building, for example) to public use.
  • To show to the public for the first time
    • dedicate a monument.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Dedicate to nothing temporal.
  • * (George Henry Calvert)
    • His life is dedicate to worthiness.
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