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Incline vs. Tilted — What's the Difference?

Incline vs. Tilted — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Incline and Tilted

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Incline

To cause (someone) to have a certain tendency
Dispose.

Tilted

To cause to slope, as by raising one end; incline
Tilt a soup bowl.
Tilt a chair backward.

Incline

To dispose (someone) to have a certain preference or opinion or to take a course of action
I'm inclined to agree with you. Are you inclined to go to out tonight?.

Tilted

To cause to be advantageous to one party rather than another
A development that tilted the balance of trade in their favor.

Incline

To cause to lean, slant, or slope
"Galileo ... inclined the plane and rolled brass balls down it" (George Johnson).
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Tilted

To aim or thrust (a lance) in a joust.

Incline

To bend or lower in a nod or bow
I inclined my head in acquiescence.

Tilted

To charge (an opponent); attack.

Incline

To be disposed to a certain preference, opinion, or course of action
Some researchers incline toward a different view of the problem.

Tilted

To forge with a tilt hammer.

Incline

To deviate from the horizontal or vertical; slant
When the path inclined steeply, it became difficult to continue hiking.

Tilted

To slope; incline
The field tilts toward the river.

Incline

To lower or bend the head or body, as in a nod or bow.

Tilted

To have a preference, favor, or be inclined toward something
She recently tilted toward vegetarianism.

Incline

An inclined surface; a slope or gradient
The car rolled down the incline.

Tilted

To be advantageous to one side over another, as in a dispute
"The battle ... was beginning to tilt again in the Confederates' favor" (Stephen W. Sears).

Incline

(transitive) To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.
He had to incline his body against the gusts to avoid being blown down in the storm.
The people following the coffin inclined their heads in grief.

Tilted

To fight with lances; joust.

Incline

(intransitive) To slope.
Over the centuries the wind made the walls of the farmhouse incline.

Tilted

To engage in a combat or struggle; fight
Tilting at injustices.

Incline

To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.
He inclines to believe anything he reads in the newspapers.
I'm inclined to give up smoking after hearing of the risks to my health.

Tilted

To cover (a vehicle) with a canopy or an awning.

Incline

A slope.
To reach the building, we had to climb a steep incline.

Tilted

The act of tilting or the condition of being tilted.

Incline

A portal of a subway tunnel.

Tilted

An inclination from the horizontal or vertical; a slant
Adjusting the tilt of a writing table.

Incline

To deviate from a line, direction, or course, toward an object; to lean; to tend; as, converging lines incline toward each other; a road inclines to the north or south.

Tilted

A sloping surface, as of the ground.

Incline

Fig.: To lean or tend, in an intellectual or moral sense; to favor an opinion, a course of conduct, or a person; to have a propensity or inclination; to be disposed.
Their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech.
Power finds its balance, giddy motions ceaseIn both the scales, and each inclines to peace.

Tilted

A tendency to favor one side in a dispute
The court's tilt toward conservative rulings.

Incline

To bow; to incline the head.

Tilted

A preference, inclination, or bias
"pitilessly illuminates the inaccuracies and tilts of the press" (Nat Hentoff).

Incline

To cause to deviate from a line, position, or direction; to give a leaning, bend, or slope to; as, incline the column or post to the east; incline your head to the right.
Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear.

Tilted

A medieval sport in which two mounted knights with lances charged together and attempted to unhorse one another.

Incline

To impart a tendency or propensity to, as to the will or affections; to turn; to dispose; to influence.
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies.
Incline our hearts to keep this law.

Tilted

A thrust or blow with a lance.

Incline

To bend; to cause to stoop or bow; as, to incline the head or the body in acts of reverence or civility.
With due respect my body I inclined.

Tilted

A combat, especially a verbal one; a debate.

Incline

An inclined plane; an ascent or descent; a grade or gradient; a slope.

Tilted

A tilt hammer.

Incline

An elevated geological formation;
He climbed the steep slope
The house was built on the side of the mountain

Tilted

New England See seesaw.

Incline

An inclined surface or roadway that moves traffic from one level to another

Tilted

A canopy or an awning for a boat, wagon, or cart.

Incline

Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined;
She tends to be nervous before her lectures
These dresses run small
He inclined to corpulence

Tilted

Simple past tense and past participle of tilt

Incline

Bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well;
He inclined his ear to the wise old man

Tilted

Of a vehicle, fitted with a tilt (canvass covering).

Incline

Lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow;
She inclined her head to the student

Tilted

Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal;
The leaning tower of Pisa
The headstones were tilted

Incline

Be at an angle;
The terrain sloped down

Incline

Make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief;
Their language inclines us to believe them

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