Prejudice vs Bent - What's the difference?
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(countable) An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of the facts.
* (rfdate) (Macaulay)
(countable) Any preconceived opinion or feeling, whether positive or negative.
(countable) An irrational hostile attitude, fear or hatred towards a particular group, race or religion.
(obsolete) Knowledge formed in advance; foresight, presaging.
* , II.ix:
(obsolete) Mischief; hurt; damage; injury; detriment.
* (rfdate) (Shakespeare)
To have a negative impact on someone's position, chances etc.
To cause prejudice.
(bend)
(Of something that is usually straight) folded, dented
(derogatory, colloquial, chiefly, UK) Homosexual.
Determined or insistent.
Of a person, leading a life of crime.
(slang, football) inaccurate at shooting
(colloquial, chiefly, US) Suffering from the bends
(slang) High]] from using both [[Cannabis, marijuana and alcohol.
An inclination or talent.
A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.
The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.
A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
* John Locke
(carpentry) A transverse frame of a framed structure.
Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
* Norris
Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.
* Drayton
* 1888 , Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes’, The Phantom ’Rickshaw and Other Tales , Folio Society 2005, p. 121:
* 1913 ,
A grassy area, grassland.
* The Ballad of Chevy Chase
As nouns the difference between prejudice and bent
is that prejudice is an adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of the facts while bent is an inclination or talent.As verbs the difference between prejudice and bent
is that prejudice is to have a negative impact on someone's position, chances etc while bent is past tense of bend.As an adjective bent is
folded, dented.prejudice
English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
- Though often misled by prejudice and passion, he was emphatically an honest man.
- I am free of all prejudices . I hate everyone equally.
- the first did in the forepart sit, / That nought mote hinder his quicke preiudize : / He had a sharpe foresight, and working wit
- (Locke)
- England and France might, through their amity, / Breed him some prejudice .
Derived terms
* (law) without prejudice – without affecting a legal interest * in prejudice of – to the detriment or injury of * to the prejudice of – with resulting harm toVerb
(prejudic)See also
* stereotype * bias * discrimination * racism English transitive verbs ----bent
English
Etymology 1
From bend.Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- He was bent on going to Texas, but not even he could say why.
- They were bent on mischief.
- That shot was so bent it left the pitch.
- Man, I am so bent right now!
Synonyms
* (folded) crooked * (homosexual) queerDerived terms
* bent as a nine-bob noteNoun
(en noun)- He had a natural bent for painting.
- His mind was of a technical bent .
- the bent of a bow
- (Wilkins)
- (Dryden)
- bents and turns of the matter
- the full bent and stress of the soul
Synonyms
* (an inclination or talent) disposition, predilection, proclivity, propensityEtymology 2
Origin uncertain. Apparently representing (etyl) (term) (attested only in place-names and personal names), cognate with Old High German binuz (modern German ).Noun
(en noun)- His spear a bent , both stiff and strong.
- Gunga Dass gave me a double handful of dried bents which I thrust down the mouth of the lair to the right of his, and followed myself, feet foremost [...].
- Clusters of strong flowers rose everywhere above the coarse tussocks of bent .
- Bowmen bickered upon the bent .