The difference between Disposition and Temper
When used as nouns, disposition means the arrangement or placement of certain things, whereas temper means a tendency to be in a certain type of mood.
When used as verbs, disposition means to remove or place in a different position, whereas temper means to moderate or control.
check bellow for the other definitions of Disposition and Temper
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Disposition as a noun:
The arrangement or placement of certain things.
Examples:
"The scouts reported on the disposition of the enemy troops."
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Disposition as a noun:
Tendency or inclination under given circumstances.
Examples:
"I have little disposition now to do as you say."
"Salt has a disposition to dissolve in water."
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Disposition as a noun:
Temperamental makeup or habitual mood.
Examples:
"She has a sunny disposition."
"He has such a foul disposition."
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Disposition as a noun:
Control over something.
Examples:
"You will have full disposition of these funds."
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Disposition as a noun (legal):
Transfer or relinquishment to the care or possession of another.
Examples:
"The court ordered the disposition of all assets."
"synonyms assignment conveyance"
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Disposition as a noun (legal):
Final decision or settlement.
Examples:
"The disposition of the case will be announced tomorrow."
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Disposition as a noun (medicine):
The destination of a patient after medical treatment such as surgery.
Examples:
"The patient was given a disposition for outpatient care."
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Disposition as a noun (music):
The set of choirs of strings on a harpsichord.
Examples:
"This small harpsichord has a 1 x 4' disposition."
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Disposition as a verb:
To remove or place in a different position.
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Temper as a noun:
A tendency to be in a certain type of mood; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting.
Examples:
"to have a good, bad, or calm temper'"
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Temper as a noun:
State of mind; mood.
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Temper as a noun:
A tendency to become angry.
Examples:
"to have a hasty temper'"
"He has quite a temper when dealing with salespeople."
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Temper as a noun:
Anger; a fit of anger.
Examples:
"an outburst of temper'"
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Temper as a noun:
Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure.
Examples:
"to keep one's temper; to lose one's temper; to recover one's temper"
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Temper as a noun (obsolete):
Constitution of body; the mixture or relative proportion of the four humours: blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy.
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Temper as a noun:
Middle state or course; mean; medium.
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Temper as a noun:
The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities.
Examples:
"the temper of mortar"
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Temper as a noun:
The heat treatment to which a metal or other material has been subjected; a material that has undergone a particular heat treatment.
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Temper as a noun:
The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling.
Examples:
"the temper of iron or steel"
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Temper as a noun (sugar manufacture, historical):
Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar.
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Temper as a verb:
To moderate or control.
Examples:
"Temper your language around children."
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Temper as a verb:
To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; anneal.
Examples:
"Tempering is a heat treatment technique applied to metals, alloys, and glass to achieve greater toughness by increasing the strength of materials and/or ductility. Tempering is performed by a controlled reheating of the work piece to a temperature below its lower eutectic critical temperature."
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Temper as a verb:
To sauté spices in ghee or oil to release essential oils for flavouring a dish in South Asian cuisine.
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Temper as a verb:
To mix clay, plaster or mortar with water to obtain the proper consistency.
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Temper as a verb (music):
To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.
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Temper as a verb (obsolete, [[Latinism]]):
To govern; to manage.
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Temper as a verb (archaic):
To combine in due proportions; to constitute; to compose.
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Temper as a verb (archaic):
To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage.
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Temper as a verb (obsolete):
To fit together; to adjust; to accommodate.