disposition vs attitude

attitude vs disposition

disposition and attitude both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
disposition	Yes	No	No	No
attitude	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, attitude is a hypernym of disposition; that is, attitude is a word with a broader meaning than disposition:

disposition: an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
attitude: a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways

Other hypernyms of disposition include mental attitude.

disposition (noun)	attitude (noun)
the act or means of getting rid of something	a theatrical pose created for effect
your usual mood	the arrangement of the body and its limbs
a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing	a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways
an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others	position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion)

Difference between disposition and attitude

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