The difference between Incline and Slope

When used as nouns, incline means a slope, whereas slope means an area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.

When used as verbs, incline means to bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical, whereas slope means to tend steadily upward or downward.


Slope is also adverb with the meaning: slopingly.

Slope is also adjective with the meaning: sloping.

check bellow for the other definitions of Incline and Slope

  1. 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."

  2. Incline as a verb (intransitive):

    To slope.

    Examples:

    "Over the centuries the wind made the walls of the farmhouse incline."

  3. 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."

  1. Incline as a noun:

    A slope.

  1. Slope as a noun:

    An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.

    Examples:

    "I had to climb a small slope to get to the site."

  2. Slope as a noun:

    The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.

    Examples:

    "The road has a very sharp downward slope at that point."

  3. Slope as a noun (mathematics):

    The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points on a line; zero if the line is horizontal, undefined if it is vertical.

    Examples:

    "The slope of this line is 0.5"

  4. Slope as a noun (mathematics):

    The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point.

    Examples:

    "The slope of a parabola increases linearly with ''x''."

  5. Slope as a noun:

    The angle a roof surface makes with the horizontal, expressed as a ratio of the units of vertical rise to the units of horizontal length (sometimes referred to as run).

    Examples:

    "The slope of an asphalt shingle roof system should be 4:12 or greater."

  6. Slope as a noun (vulgar, highly offensive, ethnic slur):

    A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.

  1. Slope as a verb (intransitive):

    To tend steadily upward or downward.

    Examples:

    "The road slopes sharply down at that point."

  2. Slope as a verb (transitive):

    To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.

    Examples:

    "to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment"

  3. Slope as a verb (colloquial, usually, followed by a preposition):

    To try to move surreptitiously.

    Examples:

    "I sloped in through the back door, hoping my boss wouldn't see me."

  4. Slope as a verb (military):

    To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt, the rifle resting on the shoulder.

    Examples:

    "The order was given to "slope arms"."

  1. Slope as an adjective (obsolete):

    Sloping.

  1. Slope as an adverb (obsolete):

    slopingly

    Examples:

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