Inclined vs Bitey - What's the difference?
inclined | bitey |
At an angle to the horizontal; slanted or sloped.
Having a tendency, preference, likelihood, or disposition.
(incline)
(informal) inclined to bite.
* 2005 , Tom Widdicombe, Be with Your Horse: Getting to the Heart of Horsemanship
* 2006 , Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch: One Man, One Continent, a Race Against Time
As adjectives the difference between inclined and bitey
is that inclined is at an angle to the horizontal; slanted or sloped while bitey is inclined to bite.As a verb inclined
is past tense of incline.inclined
English
Alternative forms
* (obsolete) * enclined (obsolete) * (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- The take-off ramp was inclined at 20 degrees.
- I am inclined to believe you.
Verb
(head)Derived terms
* inclined to * inclined planeAntonyms
* disinclinedSee also
* inclinebitey
English
Adjective
(er)- So when someone tells you their little trick for dealing with a bitey horse, just remember that that is what it is — a little trick.
- It has all the beauty of an idyllic tropical island without any of the nasty, bitey stuff.
