Diagonal vs. Incline — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Diagonal and Incline
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Definitions
Diagonal
In geometry, a diagonal is a line segment joining two vertices of a polygon or polyhedron, when those vertices are not on the same edge. Informally, any sloping line is called diagonal.
Incline
To cause (someone) to have a certain tendency
Dispose.
Diagonal
Joining two nonadjacent vertices of a polygon.
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?.
Diagonal
Joining two vertices of a polyhedron not in the same face.
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Incline
To cause to lean, slant, or slope
"Galileo ... inclined the plane and rolled brass balls down it" (George Johnson).
Diagonal
Having a slanted or oblique direction.
Incline
To bend or lower in a nod or bow
I inclined my head in acquiescence.
Diagonal
Having oblique lines or markings.
Incline
To be disposed to a certain preference, opinion, or course of action
Some researchers incline toward a different view of the problem.
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Diagonal
Relating to or being the front left and back right feet or the front right and back left feet of a quadruped.
Incline
To deviate from the horizontal or vertical; slant
When the path inclined steeply, it became difficult to continue hiking.
Diagonal
(Mathematics)A diagonal line or plane.
Incline
To lower or bend the head or body, as in a nod or bow.
Diagonal
Something, such as a row, course, or part, that is arranged obliquely.
Incline
An inclined surface; a slope or gradient
The car rolled down the incline.
Diagonal
A fabric woven with diagonal lines.
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.
Diagonal
A virgule.
Incline
(intransitive) To slope.
Over the centuries the wind made the walls of the farmhouse incline.
Diagonal
(geometry) Joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron).
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.
Diagonal
Having slanted or oblique lines or markings.
Incline
A slope.
To reach the building, we had to climb a steep incline.
Diagonal
Having a slanted or oblique direction.
Incline
A portal of a subway tunnel.
Diagonal
Of or related to the cater-corner (diagonally opposite) legs of a quadruped, whether the front left and back right or front right and back left.
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.
Diagonal
(geometry) A line joining non-adjacent vertices of a polygon.
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.
Diagonal
Anything forming or resembling such a line, particularly:
Incline
To bow; to incline the head.
Diagonal
(geometry) A line or plane at an oblique angle to another.
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.
Diagonal
A line or cut across a fabric at an oblique angle to its sides.
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.
Diagonal
Synonym of slash⟨/⟩.
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.
Diagonal
Joining two not adjacent angles of a quadrilateral or multilateral figure; running across from corner to corner; crossing at an angle with one of the sides.
Incline
An inclined plane; an ascent or descent; a grade or gradient; a slope.
Diagonal
A right line drawn from one angle to another not adjacent, of a figure of four or more sides, and dividing it into two parts.
Incline
An elevated geological formation;
He climbed the steep slope
The house was built on the side of the mountain
Diagonal
A member, in a framed structure, running obliquely across a panel.
Incline
An inclined surface or roadway that moves traffic from one level to another
Diagonal
A diagonal cloth; a kind of cloth having diagonal stripes, ridges, or welts made in the weaving.
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
Diagonal
(geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent
Incline
Bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well;
He inclined his ear to the wise old man
Diagonal
A line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
Incline
Lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow;
She inclined her head to the student
Diagonal
An oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard;
The bishop moves on the diagonals
Incline
Be at an angle;
The terrain sloped down
Diagonal
(mathematics) a set of entries in a square matrix running diagonally either from the upper left to lower right entry or running from the upper right to lower left entry
Incline
Make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief;
Their language inclines us to believe them
Diagonal
A punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
Diagonal
At an angle; especially connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face;
A diagonal line across the page
Diagonal
Having an oblique or slanted direction