Trait vs Disposition - What's the difference?
trait | disposition |
an identifying characteristic, habit or trend
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(computing, programming) In object-oriented programming, an uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface.
The arrangement or placement of certain things.
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Temperamental makeup or habitual mood.
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Control over something.
(label) Transfer or relinquishment to the care or possession of another.
(label) Final decision or settlement.
(label) The destination of a patient after medical treatment such as surgery.
(label) The set of choirs of strings on a harpsichord.
As nouns the difference between trait and disposition
is that trait is an identifying characteristic, habit or trend while disposition is the arrangement or placement of certain things.As a verb disposition is
to remove or place in a different position.trait
English
(wikipedia trait)Noun
(en noun)- The number one personality trait I hate is hypocrisy. Why can't you be consistent!?
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English
Noun
(en noun)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged.
- He was, indeed, a lad of a remarkable disposition ; sober, discreet, and pious beyond his age...