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Temperament vs Civility - What's the difference?

temperament | civility |

As nouns the difference between temperament and civility

is that temperament is temperament, character while civility is politeness]]; courtesy; an individual act or a manner of [[behave|behaving which conforms to social conventions of propriety.

temperament

English

Noun

(wikipedia temperament) (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A moderate and proportionable mixture of elements or ingredients in a compound; the condition in which elements are mixed in their proper proportions.
  • (obsolete) Any state or condition as determined by the proportion of its ingredients or the manner in which they are mixed; consistence, composition; mixture.
  • a person's normal manner of thinking, behaving or reacting
  • a tendency to become irritable or angry
  • (music) the altering of certain intervals from their correct values in order to improve the moving from key to key

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    civility

    English

    (wikipedia civility)

    Noun

  • Politeness]]; courtesy; an individual act or a manner of [[behave, behaving which conforms to social conventions of propriety.
  • * Chesterfield
    • The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be.
  • (obsolete) The state of society in which the relations and duties of a citizen are recognized and obeyed; civilization.
  • * Sir J. Davies
    • Monarchies have risen from barbarism to civility , and fallen again to ruin.
  • (obsolete) A civil office, or a civil process.
  • * Latimer
    • To serve in a civility .