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
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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."
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Incline as a verb (intransitive):
To slope.
Examples:
"Over the centuries the wind made the walls of the farmhouse incline."
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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."
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Incline as a noun:
A slope.
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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."
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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."
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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"
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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''."
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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."
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Slope as a noun (vulgar, highly offensive, ethnic slur):
A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.
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Slope as a verb (intransitive):
To tend steadily upward or downward.
Examples:
"The road slopes sharply down at that point."
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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"
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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."
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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"."
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Slope as an adjective (obsolete):
Sloping.
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Slope as an adverb (obsolete):
slopingly
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