The difference between Bias and Biased
When used as adjectives, bias means inclined to one side, whereas biased means exhibiting bias.
Bias is also noun with the meaning: inclination towards something.
Bias is also adverb with the meaning: in a slanting manner.
Bias is also verb with the meaning: to place bias upon.
check bellow for the other definitions of Bias and Biased
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Bias as a noun (countable, uncountable):
Inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality, prejudice, preference, predilection.
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Bias as a noun (countable, textiles):
The diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric.
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Bias as a noun (countable, textiles):
A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (such as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
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Bias as a noun (electronics):
A voltage or current applied to an electronic device, such as a transistor electrode, to move its operating point to a desired part of its transfer function.
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Bias as a noun (statistics):
The difference between the expectation of the sample estimator and the true population value, which reduces the representativeness of the estimator by systematically distorting it.
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Bias as a noun (sports):
In the games of crown green bowls and lawn bowls: a weight added to one side of a bowl so that as it rolls, it will follow a curved rather than a straight path; the oblique line followed by such a bowl; the lopsided shape or structure of such a bowl. In lawn bowls, the curved course is caused only by the shape of the bowl. The use of weights is prohibited.
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Bias as a noun (fandom slang):
A person's favourite member of a K-pop band.
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Bias as a verb (transitive):
To place bias upon; to influence.
Examples:
"Our prejudices bias our views."
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Bias as a verb (electronics):
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Bias as an adjective:
Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
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Bias as an adjective:
Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.
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Bias as an adverb:
In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally.
Examples:
"to cut cloth bias"
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Biased as a verb:
Examples:
"She biased them against him for no apparent reason."
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Biased as an adjective:
exhibiting bias; prejudiced
Examples:
"The newspaper gave a biased account of the incident."
"synonyms: partiaprejudiced tendentious"
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Biased as an adjective:
angled at a slant
Examples:
"The table had a biased edge."
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Biased as an adjective (electrical engineering):
on which an electrical bias is applied
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Biased as an adjective (statistics):
exhibiting a systematic distortion of results due to a factor not allowed for in its derivation.