Synonym Study

• Tenor , equivalent in this connection to drift , connotes more strongly the clarity or purport of the unstated purpose or objective the general tenor of the Bill of Rights
• Drift refers either to the course along which something is being carried or driven the drift toward absolute conformity or to a course taken by something that has unstated or unclear implications what is the drift of this argument?
• Current differs from trend in connoting a clearly defined course, but one also subject to change the current of one's life
• Trend suggests a general direction, with neither a definite course nor goal, subject to change or fluctuation by some external force a recent trend in literature
• Tendency refers to an inclination or disposition to move in a particular direction or act in a certain way, esp. as a result of some inherent quality or habit he has a tendency toward exaggeration