Disposition vs. Temperament
Difference Between Disposition and Temperament
Dispositionnoun
The arrangement or placement of certain things.
The scouts reported on the disposition of the enemy troops.Temperamentnoun
(obsolete) A moderate and proportionable mixture of elements or ingredients in a compound; the condition in which elements are mixed in their proper proportions.
Dispositionnoun
Tendency or inclination under given circumstances.
I have little disposition now to do as you say.Salt has a disposition to dissolve in water.Temperamentnoun
(obsolete) Any state or condition as determined by the proportion of its ingredients or the manner in which they are mixed; consistence, composition; mixture.
Dispositionnoun
Temperamental makeup or habitual mood.
She has a sunny disposition.He has such a foul disposition.Temperamentnoun
A person's usual manner of thinking, behaving or reacting.
Dispositionnoun
Control over something.
You will have full disposition of these funds.Temperamentnoun
A tendency to become irritable or angry.
Dispositionnoun
(legal) Transfer or relinquishment to the care or possession of another.
The court ordered the disposition of all assets.Temperamentnoun
(music) The altering of certain intervals from their correct values in order to improve the moving from key to key.
Dispositionnoun
(legal) Final decision or settlement.
The disposition of the case will be announced tomorrow.Temperamentnoun
(psychology) Individual differences in behavior that are biologically based and are relatively independent of learning, system of values and attitudes.
Dispositionnoun
(medicine) The destination of a patient after medical treatment such as surgery.
The patient was given a disposition for outpatient care.Temperamentnoun
your usual mood;
he has a happy dispositionDispositionnoun
(music) The set of choirs of strings on a harpsichord.
This small harpsichord has a 1 x 4' disposition.Temperamentnoun
excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly)
Dispositionverb
To remove or place in a different position.
Temperamentnoun
an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys
Dispositionnoun
your usual mood;
he has a happy dispositionDispositionnoun
the act or means of getting rid of something
Dispositionnoun
an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others;
he had an inclination to give up too easilya tendency to be too strictDispositionnoun
a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing;
a swelling with a disposition to rupture
