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

  1. Bias as a noun (countable, uncountable):

    Inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality, prejudice, preference, predilection.

  2. Bias as a noun (countable, textiles):

    The diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. Bias as a noun (fandom slang):

    A person's favourite member of a K-pop band.

  1. Bias as a verb (transitive):

    To place bias upon; to influence.

    Examples:

    "Our prejudices bias our views."

  2. Bias as a verb (electronics):

  1. Bias as an adjective:

    Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.

  2. Bias as an adjective:

    Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.

  1. Bias as an adverb:

    In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally.

    Examples:

    "to cut cloth bias"

  1. Biased as a verb:

    Examples:

    "She biased them against him for no apparent reason."

  1. Biased as an adjective:

    exhibiting bias; prejudiced

    Examples:

    "The newspaper gave a biased account of the incident."

    "synonyms: partiaprejudiced tendentious"

  2. Biased as an adjective:

    angled at a slant

    Examples:

    "The table had a biased edge."

  3. Biased as an adjective (electrical engineering):

    on which an electrical bias is applied

  4. Biased as an adjective (statistics):

    exhibiting a systematic distortion of results due to a factor not allowed for in its derivation.

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