Proneness vs Scope - What's the difference?
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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.
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.
(slang) Shortened form of periscope, telescope, microscope or oscilloscope.
To perform a cursory investigation, as to scope out .
(slang) To perform arthroscopic surgery.
(slang) To examine under a microscope.
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
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Noun
(es)Antonyms
* (state of lying face-down ) supinenessReferences
*scope
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Noun
(en noun)- the scope of an adverb
Derived terms
* scopelessVerb
(scop)- The surgeon will scope the football player's knee to repair damage to a ligament.
- The entomologist explained that he could not tell what species of springtail we were looking at without scoping it.