Tendency and Whim

Tendency

Tendency noun - An established pattern of behavior.

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Whim and tendency are semantically related in feeling topic. In some cases you can use "Whim" instead a noun "Tendency", when it comes to topics like mood.

Whim

Whim noun - A sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action.

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Synonyms for Whim

Tendency and whim are semantically related in mood topic. Sometimes you can use "Tendency" instead a noun "Whim".

Nearby Words: whimsical, whimsy, whimper

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How words are described

good	good tendency	good whim
complete	complete tendency	complete whim
evil	evil tendency	evil whim
little	little tendency	little whim
Other adjectives: bad, apparent, strange.

Both words in one sentence

That makes him rather disturbingly clever given his tendency to run off on a whim often making him a Spanner in the Works to everyone's plans.

Source: Webcomic / Tower of God
Unfortunately, they also tend to be, well, airheads, having extreme trouble staying focused on any one thing and having a tendency to act on a whim without really thinking.

Source: Blow You Away
A vampire sim will have to be babysitted by the player lest they suffer death at the hands of sunlight, since they seem to have the tendency to leave their coffin at broad daylight on a whim.

Source: Videogame / The Sims 2