Difference between Predilection and Penchant

PREDILECTION vs PENCHANT: NOUN

Condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; proclivity; predisposition.
A previous liking; a prepossession of mind in favor of something; predisposition to choose or like; partiality.
Synonyms Liking, Attachment, etc. (see love), partiality, inclination (toward), preference.
A prepossession of the mind in favor of something; a preference.
A special liking for something; a preference.
A strong liking
A predisposition in favor of something

Taste, liking, or inclination (for)
Inclination; decided taste; bias.
A game like bézique, or, in the game, any queen and jack of different suits held together.
Strong inclination; decided taste; liking; bias.
A definite liking; a strong inclination. : predilection.
A strong liking

Distaste, Obsession, Preoccupation, Predisposition, Tendency, Aversion, Propensity, Proclivity, Favourite, Focus, Choice, Fondness, Taste, Preference, Penchant

Addiction, Weakness, Emphasis, Susceptibility, Trend, Affection, Inclination, Bent, Tendency, Affinity, Propensity, Fondness, Taste, Preference, Predilection

Sensibility, Infatuation, Disinclination, Fascination, Obsession, Predisposition, Tendency, Propensity, Proclivity, Favourite, Focus, Choice, Fondness, Taste, Preference

Bias, Addiction, Weakness, Emphasis, Susceptibility, Trend, Affection, Inclination, Bent, Tendency, Propensity, Fondness, Taste, Preference, Predilection

Disposition, predilection, predisnegligent, uncircumspect, imprudent, position, bent, bias, proneness, proinconsiderate.
Hence his predilection for the Alexandrian fathers, Clement and Origen.
Limbic Predilection in Alzheimer Dementia: Is Reactivated Herpesvirus Involved?
There is no seasonal, geographic, racial, or socioeconomic predilection.
HSV often has a predilection for the temporal lobes.
The same predilection for colorful details marks other portraits.
Vatican II predilection for the veneration of saints.
These tumors do not have a side predilection.
No information is available concerning predilection to race.
There may be a slightly increased male predilection.