Propensity vs Leaning - What's the difference?
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A tendency, preference, or attraction.
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As nouns the difference between propensity and leaning
is that propensity is a tendency, preference, or attraction while leaning is a tendency.As a verb leaning is
present participle of lang=en.propensity
English
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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.}}