Tendency
Tendency noun - A habitual attraction to some activity or thing.
Usage example: a youth with a natural tendency toward arts and crafts instead of sports
Talent
Talent noun - A special and usually inborn ability.
Usage example: a talent for coming up with really funny answers to stupid questions
Tendency and talent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Tendency" instead a noun "Talent".
Nearby Words: talented, talentless
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- inclination and tendency
- inclination and talent
- disposition and tendency
- disposition and talent
- bent and tendency
- bent and talent
- predilection and tendency
- predilection and talent
- propensity and tendency
- propensity and talent
- proclivity and tendency
- proclivity and talent
- predisposition and tendency
- predisposition and talent
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