Temperament vs Propensity - What's the difference?
temperament | propensity |
(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
A tendency, preference, or attraction.
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As nouns the difference between temperament and propensity
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(propensities)Katie L. Burke
In the News, volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.}}