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Indisposed vs Disposed - What's the difference?

indisposed | disposed |

As adjectives the difference between indisposed and disposed

is that indisposed is mildly ill while disposed is inclined; minded.

As a verb disposed is

past tense of dispose.

indisposed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • mildly ill
    • He was indisposed with a cold.
  • unwilling to do a task.

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    * indisposition

    disposed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dispose)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Inclined; minded.
  • *(Bible), (w) xviii.27:
  • *:when he was disposed to pass into Achaia
  • *
  • *:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
  • (lb) Inclined to mirth; jolly.
  • :(Beaumont and Fletcher)