Predilection vs Idiosyncrasy - What's the difference?
predilection | idiosyncrasy |
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.,
A behavior or way of thinking that is characteristic of a person.
A language or behaviour that is particular to an individual or group.
(medicine) A peculiar individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance or factor.
A peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify.
As nouns the difference between predilection and idiosyncrasy
is that predilection is condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; proclivity; predisposition while idiosyncrasy is a behavior or way of thinking that is characteristic of a person.predilection
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Alternative forms
* (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.
idiosyncrasy
English
(wikipedia idiosyncrasy)Noun
(idiosyncrasies)- He mastered the idiosyncrasies of English spelling.