Declination vs Degradation - What's the difference?
declination | degradation |
At a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north.
At a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane.
A refusal.
* Stow
(grammar) Declension.
(archaic) The act or state of bending downward; inclination.
(archaic) The act or state of falling off or declining from excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline.
* Francis Bacon
* Waller
(archaic) Deviation.
* Bentley
* South
The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, the degradation of a peer, a knight, a general, or a bishop.
The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement.
Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration.
(geology) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc.
A deleterious change in the chemical structure, physical properties or appearance of a material from natural or artificial exposure.
The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole.
The gradual breakdown of components of a material, as a result of a natural element, i.e.: heat, cold and wind.
As nouns the difference between declination and degradation
is that declination is at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north while degradation is degradation.declination
English
(wikipedia declination)Noun
(en noun)- the queen's declination from marriage
- declination of the head
- the declination of monarchy
- Summer is not looked on as a time of declination or decay.
- the declination of atoms in their descent
- every declination and violation of the rules