temperament vs loneliness

loneliness vs temperament

temperament and loneliness both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
temperament	Yes	No	No	No
loneliness	Yes	No	No	No

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

temperament: your usual mood
loneliness: a disposition toward being alone

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

temperament (noun)	loneliness (noun)
an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys	a disposition toward being alone
your usual mood	sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly)	the state of being alone in solitary isolation

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