Slope vs. Slant

Slope and Slant Definitions
Slope
To diverge from the vertical or horizontal; incline
A roof that slopes.
Slant
To give a direction other than perpendicular or horizontal to; make diagonal; cause to slope
She slants her letters from upper right to lower left.
Slope
To move or walk
"Without another word he turned and sloped off down the driveway" (Roald Dahl).
Slant
To present so as to conform to a particular bias or appeal to a certain audience
The story was slanted in favor of the strikers.
Slope
To cause to slope
Sloped the path down the bank.
Slant
To have or go in a direction other than perpendicular or horizontal; slope.
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Slope
An inclined line, surface, plane, position, or direction.
Slant
A line, plane, course, or direction that is other than perpendicular or horizontal; a slope.
Slope
A stretch of ground forming a natural or artificial incline
Ski slopes.
Slant
A sloping thing or piece of ground.
Slope
A deviation from the horizontal.
Slant
(Printing) A virgule.
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Slope
The amount or degree of such deviation.
Slant
A personal point of view or opinion
An article with an unconventional slant.
Slope
The rate at which an ordinate of a point of a line on a coordinate plane changes with respect to a change in the abscissa.
Slant
A bias
An anti-religious slant.
Slope
The tangent of the angle of inclination of a line, or the slope of the tangent line for a curve or surface.
Slant
Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of East Asian birth or ancestry.
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Slope
Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of East Asian birth or ancestry.
Slant
A slope; an incline, inclination.
The house was built on a bit of a slant and was never quite level.
Slope
An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.
I had to climb a small slope to get to the site.
A steep slope
Slant
A sloped surface or line.
Slope
The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.
The road has a very sharp downward slope at that point.
Slant
(mining) A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam.
Slope
(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
Slant
(typography) slash, particularly in its use to set off pronunciations from other text.
Slope
(mathematics) The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point.
The slope of a parabola increases linearly with x.
Slant
An oblique movement or course.
Slope
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.
Slant
(biology) A sloping surface in a culture medium.
Slope
A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.
Slant
A pan with a sloped bottom used for holding paintbrushes.
Slope
(intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward.
The road slopes sharply down at that point.
Slant
A depression on a palette with a sloping bottom for holding and mixing watercolours.
Slope
(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
Slant
A palette or similar container with slants or sloping depressions.
Slope
To try to move surreptitiously.
I sloped in through the back door, hoping my boss wouldn't see me.
Slant
A sarcastic remark; shade, an indirect mocking insult.
Slope
(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".
Slant
(slang) An opportunity, particularly to go somewhere.
Slope
(obsolete) Sloping.
Slant
A crime committed for the purpose of being apprehended and transported to a major settlement.
Slope
(obsolete) slopingly
Slant
A point of view, an angle.
It was a well written article, but it had a bit of a leftist slant.
Slope
An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface to another.
Slant
(US) A look, a glance.
Slope
Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon.
Buildings the summit and slope of a hill.
Under the slopes of Pisgah.
Slant
A person with slanting eyes, particularly an East Asian.
Slope
The part of a continent descending toward, and draining to, a particular ocean; as, the Pacific slope.
Slant
(ambitransitive) To lean, tilt or incline.
If you slant the track a little more, the marble will roll down it faster.
Slope
Sloping.
A bank not steep, but gently slope.
Slant
(transitive) To bias or skew.
The group tends to slant its policies in favor of the big businesses it serves.
Slope
In a sloping manner.
Slant
To lie or exaggerate.
Slope
To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to direct obliquely; to incline; to slant; as, to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment.
Slant
Sloping; oblique; slanted.
Slope
To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes.
Slant
To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.
On the side of younder slanting hill.
Slope
To depart; to disappear suddenly.
Slant
To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to; as, to slant a line.
Slope
An elevated geological formation;
He climbed the steep slope
The house was built on the side of the mountain
Slant
A slanting direction or plane; a slope; as, it lies on a slant.
Slope
The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal;
A five-degree gradient
Slant
An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark.
Slope
Be at an angle;
The terrain sloped down
Slant
Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique.
Slant
A biased way of looking at or presenting something
Slant
Degree of deviation from a horizontal plane;
The roof had a steep pitch
Slant
Lie obliquely;
A scar slanted across his face
Slant
Present with a bias;
He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders
Slant
To incline or bend from a vertical position;
She leaned over the banister
Slant
Heel over;
The tower is tilting
The ceiling is slanting