Predilection vs Dereliction - What's the difference?
predilection | dereliction |
Condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; proclivity; predisposition.
* 1987 , Edwin M. Yoder Jr., "Lewis Powell a Fine Sense of Balance," Washington Post , 29 Jun.,
* 2000 , Terry McCarthy, "Lost Generation," Time Asia , 23 Oct.,
* 2001 , Marina Cantacuzino, "On deadly ground," The Guardian , 13 Mar.,
willful neglect of one's duty
the act of abandoning something, or the state of being abandoned
As nouns the difference between predilection and dereliction
is that predilection is condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; proclivity; predisposition while dereliction is willful neglect of one's duty.predilection
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* (archaic)Noun
(en noun)- But for him the first rule of judging was to set aside personal predilection and vote the law and the facts.
- ... youth’s predilection for revolt.
- Wilson doesn’t see any inconsistency between his socialism and his predilection for the high life.
dereliction
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Noun
- The new soldier did not clean his cabin and was scolded for dereliction and disobedience.
- What he did was a terrible dereliction of duty.