Temperament
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A moderate and proportionable mixture of elements or ingredients in a compound; the condition in which elements are mixed in their proper proportions. 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 the altering of certain intervals from their correct values in order to improve the moving from key to key
Example sentence: When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music.
Disposition
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The arrangement or placement of certain thingsTendency or inclination under given circumstancesTemperamental makeup or habitual moodControl over somethingTransfer or relinquishment to the care or possession of anotherFinal decision or settlementThe destination of a patient after medical treatment such as surgeryThe set of choirs of strings on a harpsichord
Example sentence: To accustom the infant to get out of its own difficulties or to calm it by rocking it may be to lay the foundations of a good or of a bad disposition.