Irrevocable vs Propensity - What's the difference?
irrevocable | propensity |
Unable to be retracted or reversed; final.
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A tendency, preference, or attraction.
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As an adjective irrevocable
is unable to be retracted or reversed; final.As a noun propensity is
a tendency, preference, or attraction.irrevocable
English
Adjective
(-)- Firm and irrevocable is my doom
- Which I have pass'd upon her; she is banish'd.
- On each face, wonder and fear were painted vividly; each so still and silent, looking at the other over the black gulf of the irrevocable past.
Cycling: Cipo retires. Definitely. Absolutely. Yes. Probably," New York Times (retrieved 27 April 2014):
- Once again, Mario Cipollini has announced his definite, absolute, unswerving and irrevocable decision to retire, and this time he means it. Probably.
propensity
English
Noun
(propensities)Katie L. Burke
In the News, volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.}}