The difference between Bent and Predilection
When used as nouns, bent means an inclination or talent, whereas predilection means condition of favoring or liking.
Bent is also adjective with the meaning: folded, dented.
check bellow for the other definitions of Bent and Predilection
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Bent as a verb:
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Bent as an adjective (Of something that is usually straight):
folded, dented
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Bent as an adjective (derogatory, colloquial, chiefly, UK):
Homosexual.
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Bent as an adjective:
Determined or insistent.
Examples:
"He was bent on going to Texas, but not even he could say why."
"They were bent on mischief."
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Bent as an adjective:
(Of a person) leading a life of crime.
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Bent as an adjective (slang, football):
inaccurately aimed
Examples:
"That shot was so bent it left the pitch."
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Bent as an adjective (colloquial, chiefly, US):
Suffering from the bends
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Bent as an adjective (slang):
High from both marijuana and alcohol.
Examples:
"Man, I am so bent right now!"
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Bent as a noun:
An inclination or talent.
Examples:
"He had a natural bent for painting."
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Bent as a noun:
A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.
Examples:
"His mind was of a technical bent."
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Bent as a noun:
The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.
Examples:
"the bent of a bow"
"rfquotek Wilkins"
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Bent as a noun:
A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
Examples:
"rfquotek Dryden"
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Bent as a noun:
Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
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Bent as a noun (carpentry):
A transverse frame of a framed structure.
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Bent as a noun:
Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
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Bent as a noun:
Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.
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Bent as a noun:
A grassy area, grassland.
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Bent as a noun:
The old dried stalks of grasses.
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Predilection as a noun:
Condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; proclivity; predisposition.