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Proneness vs Scope - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between proneness and scope

is that proneness is the quality or state of being prone, or of bending downward; as, the proneness of beasts is opposed to the erectness of man while scope is the breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain.

As a verb scope is

to perform a cursory investigation, as to scope out.

proneness

English

Noun

(es)
  • The quality or state of being prone, or of bending downward; as, the proneness of beasts is opposed to the erectness of man.
  • The state of lying with the face down.
  • Descent; declivity; as, the proneness of a hill.
  • Inclination of mind, heart, or temper; propension; disposition; as, proneness to self-gratification.
  • Antonyms

    * (state of lying face-down ) supineness

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    scope

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain.
  • A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target
  • (computing) The region of program source in which an identifier is meaningful.
  • (logic) The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part.
  • (linguistics) The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies.
  • the scope of an adverb
  • (slang) Shortened form of periscope, telescope, microscope or oscilloscope.
  • Derived terms

    * scopeless

    Verb

    (scop)
  • To perform a cursory investigation, as to scope out .
  • (slang) To perform arthroscopic surgery.
  • The surgeon will scope the football player's knee to repair damage to a ligament.
  • (slang) To examine under a microscope.
  • The entomologist explained that he could not tell what species of springtail we were looking at without scoping it.

    Anagrams

    * copes * copse ----