temperament vs esprit de corps

esprit de corps vs temperament

temperament and esprit de corps both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
temperament	Yes	No	No	No
esprit de corps	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, esprit de corps is a hyponym of temperament; that is, esprit de corps is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than temperament:

temperament: your usual mood
esprit de corps: the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed

Other hyponyms of temperament include aloneness, loneliness, lonesomeness, solitariness, animalism, physicality, bloodiness, bloodthirstiness, heart, spirit, nervousness, 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.

temperament (noun)	esprit de corps (noun)
an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys	the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed
your usual mood
excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly)

Difference between temperament and esprit de corps

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