different between imagination vs inclination

English

Etymology

From Middle English ymaginacioun, from Old French imaginacion, ymaginacion, from Latin im?gin?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mæd???ne???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

imagination (countable and uncountable, plural imaginations)

1. The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images.
2. Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing.

3. Creativity; resourcefulness.

4. A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; something imagined.

   Synonyms: conception, notion, imagining

   • 1597, Francis Bacon, "Of Youth and Age", Essays:

     And yet the invention of young men, is more lively than that of old; and imaginations stream into their minds better, and, as it were, more divinely.

Synonyms

• (the representative power): creativity, fancy, imaginativeness, invention, inventiveness

Translations

Further reading

• imagination on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French imaginacion, borrowed from Latin im?gin?ti?, im?gin?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ma.?i.na.sj??/

Noun

imagination f (plural imaginations)

1. (countable and uncountable) imagination

Related terms

• image
• imaginer
• imaginatif

Further reading

• “imagination” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Alternative forms

• ymagination

Etymology

From Old French imaginacion, borrowed from Latin im?gin?ti?.

Noun

imagination f (plural imaginations)

1. (countable and uncountable) imagination
2. thought; reflection; idea

Related terms

• imaginer

Descendants

• French: imagination

English

Etymology

From Middle English inclinacioun, inclinacyon, from Old French inclination and Latin incl?n?ti?.Morphologically incline +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n.kl??ne?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

inclination (countable and uncountable, plural inclinations)

1. A physical tilt or bend.

2. A slant or slope.

4. A mental tendency.

5. (geometry) The angle of intersection of a reference plane

6. (obsolete) A person or thing loved or admired.
   • c. 1672-1679, William Temple, Memoirs

     you make will be a Discovery of your Inclinations

   • c. 1771, John Adams, speaking in a trial

     Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.

Synonyms

• (slant or slope): incline, inclining, steepness
• (tendency): leaning, proclivity, propensity

Derived terms

• inclinational

Related terms

• inclinable
• incline
• inclined plane
• inclinometer

Translations

Anagrams

• anilinction

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incl?n?ti?, incl?n?ti?nem. See also inclinaison.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.kli.na.sj??/

Noun

inclination f (plural inclinations)

1. inclination (all senses)

Related terms

• incliner

Further reading

• “inclination” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).