Incline vs Interested - What's the difference?
incline | interested |
(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.
Having or showing interest.
Motivated by considerations of self-interest; self-serving.
* 1817 , (Walter Scott), Rob Roy :
Owning a share of a company.
(interest)
As verbs the difference between incline and interested
is that incline is to bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical while interested is past tense of interest.As a noun incline
is a slope.As an adjective interested is
having or showing interest.incline
English
(wikipedia incline)Alternative forms
* encline (obsolete)Verb
(inclin)External links
* * * English heteronyms ----interested
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I'm very interested in going to see that play.
- they impressed my youthful mind with a sincere aversion to the northern inhabitants of Britain, as a people bloodthirsty in time of war, treacherous during truce, interested , selfish, avaricious, and tricky in the business of peaceful life, and having few good qualities [...].