temperament vs physicality

physicality vs temperament

temperament and physicality both are nouns.

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

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

temperament: your usual mood
physicality: preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites

Other hyponyms of temperament include aloneness, loneliness, lonesomeness, solitariness, animalism, 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)	physicality (noun)
an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys	preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites
your usual mood
excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly)

Difference between temperament and physicality

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