disposition vs nervousness

nervousness vs disposition

disposition and nervousness both are nouns.

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

As nouns, nervousness is a hyponym of disposition; that is, nervousness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than disposition:

disposition: your usual mood
nervousness: a sensitive or highly strung temperament

Other hyponyms of disposition include aloneness, loneliness, lonesomeness, solitariness, animalism, physicality, bloodiness, bloodthirstiness, heart, spirit, esprit de corps, morale, team spirit, moodiness, blood, perfectionism, permissiveness, tolerance, restrictiveness, unpermissiveness, good nature, agreeability, agreeableness, ill nature, disagreeableness, willingness, involuntariness, unwillingness, friendliness, unsociability, unsociableness, unfriendliness, calm, calmness, composure, equanimity, discomposure, optimism, pessimism, epicurism, gourmandism.

disposition (noun)	nervousness (noun)
the act or means of getting rid of something	a sensitive or highly strung temperament
your usual mood	the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters
a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing	an uneasy psychological state
an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others

Difference between disposition and nervousness

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