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Prone vs Tendency - What's the difference?

prone | tendency |

As an adjective prone

is lying face downward; prostrate.Wp

As a noun tendency is

a likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward.

prone

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Lying face downward; prostrate.(w)
  • *
  • *:But they had already discovered that he could be bullied, and they had it their own way; and presently Selwyn lay prone upon the nursery floor, impersonating a ladrone while pleasant shivers chased themselves over Drina, whom he was stalking.
  • Having a downward inclination or slope.
  • Shooting from a lying down position.
  • Predisposed, liable, inclined.

    • Derived terms

    * prone to

    Anagrams

    * ----

    tendency

    English

    Noun

    (tendencies)
  • A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward.
    • Denim has a tendency to fade.
  • An organised unit or faction within a larger political organisation.
    • a militant tendency

    Derived terms

    * multitendency

    Synonyms

    * inclination * disposition * propensity * penchant * trend