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Proclivity vs Acclivity - What's the difference?

proclivity | acclivity |


As nouns the difference between proclivity and acclivity

is that proclivity is a predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection; especially refers to a strong disposition or bent while acclivity is (geomorphology) a slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending'', in opposition to ''declivity'', or ''descending ; an upward slope; ascent.

Acclivity vs Anticline - What's the difference?

acclivity | anticline |


As nouns the difference between acclivity and anticline

is that acclivity is (geomorphology) a slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending'', in opposition to ''declivity'', or ''descending ; an upward slope; ascent while anticline is (geology) a fold with strata sloping downwards on each side.