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Temperance vs Tempered - What's the difference?

temperance | tempered |

In lang=en terms the difference between temperance and tempered

is that temperance is the fourteenth trump or major arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks while tempered is pertaining to the well-tempered scale, where the twelve notes per octave of the standard keyboard are tuned in such a way that it is possible to play music in any major or minor key and it will not sound perceptibly out of tune.

As a noun temperance

is habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; moderation; as, temperance in eating and drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or mirth; specifically, moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors.

As a proper noun Temperance

is {{given name|female|from=English}}.

As an adjective tempered is

of one's disposition.

As a verb tempered is

past tense of temper.

temperance

English

Alternative forms

* temperaunce (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Habitual]] moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; moderation; as, temperance in eating and drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or mirth; specifically, moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using [[intoxicate, intoxicating liquors.
  • * 1877 ,
    • On these occasions I have noticed such a dreamy, vacant expression in his eyes, that I might have suspected him of being addicted to the use of some narcotic, had not the temperance and cleanliness of his whole life forbidden such a notion.
  • Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.
  • One of the seven heavenly virtues.
  • (obsolete) State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Coordinate terms

    * (virtue) chastity, charity, diligence, patience, kindness, humility

    Antonyms

    * intemperance * gluttony

    Related terms

    * temper * temperament * temperamental * temperature

    Derived terms

    * American Temperance Society (ATS) * Loyal Temperance Legion (LTL) * temperance association * temperance bar * temperance chartism * temperance chartist * Temperance Colonization Society * temperance colony * temperance education * temperance group * temperance hotel * temperance journal * temperance lobby * temperance magazine * temperance meeting * temperance movement * temperance movement zealot * temperance norm * temperance organisation, temperance organization * temperance paper * temperance pledge * temperance reading room * temperance society * temperance writer * Toronto Temperance Society (TTS) * Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) * Youth Temperance Council (YTC)

    See also

    (assocciated terms) * anti-prohibitionist, antiprohibitionist * Anti-Saloon League * blind pig * blind tiger * bootlegger * bootlegging * dry, the dries * dry faction * National Prohibition Act * prohibition * Prohibition * prohibitionary * prohibitionist * Prohibition Party * pro-prohibitionist, proprohibitionist * speakeasy * speakeasy club * wet, the wets * wet faction * White Ribbon Recruit * White Ribbon Recruits

    tempered

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of one's disposition.
    • The Pyncheon Elm, throughout its great circumference, was all alive, and full of the morning sun and a sweet-tempered little breeze, which lingered within this verdant sphere, and set a thousand leafy tongues a-whispering all at once. This aged tree appeared to have suffered nothing from the gale.'' — Nathaniel Hawthorne, ''The House of the Seven Gables , Chapter 19.
  • Pertaining to the metallurgical process for finishing metals.
    • 1851' ''"Not forged!" and snatching Perth's levelled iron from the crotch, Ahab held it out, exclaiming -- "Look ye, Nantucketer; here in this hand I hold his death! '''Tempered''' in blood, and '''tempered by lightning are these barbs; and I swear to temper them triply in that hot place behind the fin, where the white whale most feels his accursed life!"'' — Herman Melville, '' Moby Dick.
  • Of something moderated or balanced by other considerations.
    • 1792' ''The downcast eye, the rosy blush, the retiring grace, are all proper in their season; but modesty, being the child of reason, cannot long exist with the sensibility that is not '''tempered by reflection'' — Mary Wollstonecraft, '' A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.
  • (music) Pertaining to the well-tempered scale, where the twelve notes per octave of the standard keyboard are tuned in such a way that it is possible to play music in any major or minor key and it will not sound perceptibly out of tune.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * untempered

    Verb

    (head)
  • (temper)

    • See also

    * good-tempered * well-tempered