temperament vs nervousness

nervousness vs temperament

temperament and nervousness both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of temperament 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.

temperament (noun)	nervousness (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 sensitive or highly strung temperament
your usual mood	the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters
excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly)	an uneasy psychological state

Difference between temperament and nervousness

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