Predispose vs Propensity - What's the difference?
predispose | propensity |
To make someone susceptible to something (such as a disease).
To make someone inclined to something in advance; to influence.
A tendency, preference, or attraction.
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(en-verb)Derived terms
* predisposal * predisposedly * predisposednesspropensity
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(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.}}