Essence vs Disposition - What's the difference?
essence | disposition |
(senseid)The inherent nature of a thing or idea.
* Landor
* Addison
* Courthorpe
(philosophy) The true nature of anything, not accidental or illusory.
Constituent substance.
* Milton
A being; especially, a purely spiritual being.
* Milton
* Washington Irving
A significant feature of something.
The concentrated form of a plant or drug obtained through a distillation process.
* essence of Jojoba
Fragrance, a perfume.
* Alexander Pope
The arrangement or placement of certain things.
*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=5, title= Tendency or inclination under given circumstances.
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 essence and disposition
is that essence is (senseid)the inherent nature of a thing or idea while disposition is disposal.essence
English
Noun
(en noun)- The laws are at present, both in form and essence , the greatest curse that society labours under.
- Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence of this virtue [charity].
- The essence of Addison's humour is irony.
- Uncompounded is their essence pure.
- As far as gods and heavenly essences / Can perish.
- He had been indulging in fanciful speculations on spiritual essences , until he had an ideal world of his own around him.
- Nor let the essences exhale.
Derived terms
* in essence * of the essence; time is of the essenceExternal links
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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...