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Temperament vs Predisposition - What's the difference?

temperament | predisposition |

As a noun temperament

is temperament, character.

As a verb predisposition is

predisposition.

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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    predisposition

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the state of being predisposed or susceptible to something, especially to a disease or other health problem