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Liable vs Predisposed - What's the difference?

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Liable is a related term of predisposed.


As adjectives the difference between liable and predisposed

is that liable is bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable while predisposed is inclined.

As a verb predisposed is

(predispose).

liable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
    • The surety is liable for the debt of his principal.
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 34.
    • The passion for philosophy, like that for religion, seems liable to this inconvenience
  • Exposed to a certain contingency or casualty, more or less probable.
  • Likely.
    • Someone is liable to slip on your icy sidewalk.

    Related terms

    * liability * reliable

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    predisposed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Inclined.
  • Made susceptible to.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (predispose)