Gradient vs. Slope

Gradient vs. Slope — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Gradient and Slope

Gradientnoun

A slope or incline.

Slopenoun

An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.

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

Gradientnoun

A rate of inclination or declination of a slope.

Slopenoun

The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.

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

Gradientnoun

(calculus) Of a function y = f(x) or the graph of such a function, the rate of change of y with respect to x
that is, the amount by which y changes for a certain (often unit) change in x
equivalently, the inclination to the X axis of the tangent to the curve of the graph.

Slopenoun

(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.

The slope of this line is 0.5
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Gradientnoun

(science) The rate at which a physical quantity increases or decreases relative to change in a given variable, especially distance.

Slopenoun

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

The slope of a parabola increases linearly with x.

Gradientnoun

(analysis) A differential operator that maps each point of a scalar field to a vector pointed in the direction of the greatest rate of change of the scalar. Notation for a scalar field φ: ∇φ

Slopenoun

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).

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

Gradientnoun

A gradual change in color. A color gradient; gradation.

Slopenoun

A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.

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Gradientadjective

Moving by steps; walking.

gradient automata

Slopeverb

(intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward.

The road slopes sharply down at that point.

Gradientadjective

Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination.

the gradient line of a railroad

Slopeverb

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

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

Gradientadjective

Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds.

Slopeverb

To try to move surreptitiously.

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

Gradientnoun

a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension

Slopeverb

(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.

The order was given to "slope arms".

Gradientnoun

the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal;

a five-degree gradient

Slopeadjective

(obsolete) Sloping.

Slopeadverb

(obsolete) slopingly

Slopenoun

an elevated geological formation;

he climbed the steep slopethe house was built on the side of the mountain

Slopenoun

the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal;

a five-degree gradient

Slopeverb

be at an angle;

The terrain sloped down