The difference between Gradient and Incline

When used as nouns, gradient means a slope or incline, whereas incline means a slope.

Gradient is also adjective with the meaning: moving by steps.

Incline is also verb with the meaning: to bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.

check bellow for the other definitions of Gradient and Incline

Gradient as a noun:

A slope or incline.
Gradient as a noun:

A rate of inclination or declination of a slope.
Gradient as a noun (calculus):

Of a function y = f(x) or the graph of such a function, the rate of change of y with respect to x that is, the amount by which y changes for a certain (often unit) change in x equivalently, the inclination to the X axis of the tangent to the curve of the graph.
Gradient as a noun (science):

The rate at which a physical quantity increases or decreases relative to change in a given variable, especially distance.
Gradient as a noun (analysis):

A differential operator that maps each point of a scalar field to a vector pointed in the direction of the greatest rate of change of the scalar. Notation for a scalar field φ: ∇φ
Gradient as a noun:

A gradual change in color. A color gradient; gradation.

Gradient as an adjective:

Moving by steps; walking.

Examples:

"gradient automata"

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Gradient as an adjective:

Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination.

Examples:

"the gradient line of a railroad"
Gradient as an adjective:

Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds.

Incline as a verb (transitive):

To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.

Examples:

"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."
Incline as a verb (intransitive):

To slope.

Examples:

"Over the centuries the wind made the walls of the farmhouse incline."
Incline as a verb (mostly, intransitive, mostly, in the passive):

To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.

Examples:

"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."