Topic: difference between leaning and bending?

Posted under Tag/Wiki Projects and Questions

So e621 wiki for leaning says "Leaning is the action of supporting some of a character's body weight onto another object or character and partially removing some of their weight off of their feet. A character who is leaning will appear at a slant against something, compared to a character who is standing.

A leaning character must lean against something. If not, they are bent_over or bent_back."

Except dictionary.com has some definition of leaning that don't involve leaning against something.

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/leaning

" 1.
to incline or bend from a vertical position:"

"2.
to incline, as in a particular direction; slant:
The post leans to the left."

" 6.
to incline or bend:
He leaned his head forward."

bent_over says "When a character is leaning over at a right angle with their back bent and legs straight..." and
" Not to be confused with: ...
leaning_forward - when a character is leaning forward, but not as far as a right angle"

So the difference between leaning and bending
a) according to leaning, the difference is leaning on object or other character
b) but according to bent_over, apparently the difference is the amount of angle.

Some uploads tagged with leaning don't show a surface being leaned against.
In those cases is bend_forward or bend_back really the correct tag?

1) change to bend_back?
post #1338633

2) change to bend_forward?
post #1339029

2) What about this panther isn't standing? Change to reclining ? (wandered across forum #145075 )
post #1336396

Updated by user 22273

Bending involves a bend – probably in the waist. It definitely doesn't apply just because a character isn't totally vertical.

Updated by anonymous

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