Calm vs. Disposition

Difference Between Calm and Disposition
Calm➦
not showing or feeling nervousness, anger, or other strong emotions
she had to keep calm at all costs
his voice was calm
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Disposition➦
A disposition is a quality of character, a habit, a preparation, a state of readiness, or a tendency to act in a specified way that may be learned. The terms dispositional belief and occurrent belief refer, in the former case, to a belief that is held in the mind but not currently being considered, and in the latter case, to a belief that is currently being considered by the mind.
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Calm➦
(of the weather) pleasantly free from wind
the night was clear and calm
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Disposition➦
a person's inherent qualities of mind and character
he has the disposition of a saint
your sunny disposition has a way of rubbing off on those around you
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Calm➦
the absence of strong emotions; calm feelings
his usual calm deserted him
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Disposition➦
the way in which something is placed or arranged, especially in relation to other things
the plan shows the disposition of the rooms
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Calm➦
the absence of wind
in the centre of the storm calm prevailed
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Disposition➦
the distribution or transfer of property or money to someone, especially by bequest
this is a tax which affects the disposition of assets on death
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Calm➦
make (someone) tranquil and quiet; soothe
I took him inside and tried to calm him down
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Disposition➦
the power to deal with something as one pleases
if Napoleon had had railways at his disposition, he would have been invincible
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Calm➦
Nearly or completely motionless; undisturbed
the calm surface of the lake.
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Disposition➦
One's usual mood; temperament
a sweet disposition.
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Calm➦
Not excited or agitated; composed
The president was calm throughout the global crisis.
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Disposition➦
A habitual inclination; a tendency
a disposition to disagree.
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Calm➦
An absence or cessation of motion; stillness.
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Disposition➦
A physical property or tendency
a swelling with a disposition to rupture.
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Calm➦
A condition of no wind or a wind with a speed of less than 1 knot (1.15 miles per hour; 1.9 kilometers per hour), according to the Beaufort scale.
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Disposition➦
Arrangement, positioning, or distribution
a cheerful disposition of colors and textures.
a convoy oriented into a north-south disposition.
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Calm➦
Tranquility or serenity
"an unaccustomed reticence that I took to be the calm that follows rage" (Jeanne Marie Laskas).
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Disposition➦
An act of disposing; a bestowal or transfer to another.
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Calm➦
To make or become calm or quiet
A warm bath will calm you. After the storm, the air calmed.
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Disposition➦
The power or liberty to control, direct, or dispose
the funds that were put at her disposition.
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Calm➦
(of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
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Disposition➦
The way in which something or someone is disposed or disposed of (in any sense of those terms); thus:
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Calm➦
(of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance.
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Disposition➦
Control over something, or the results produced by the exercise of such control; thus:
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Calm➦
(of water) with few or no waves on the surface; not rippled.
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Disposition➦
Tendency or inclination under given circumstances.
I have little disposition now to do as you say.
Salt has a disposition to dissolve in water.
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Calm➦
Without wind or storm.
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Disposition➦
Temperamental makeup or habitual mood.
She has a sunny disposition.
He has such a foul disposition.
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Calm➦
(in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.
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Disposition➦
To remove or place in a different position.
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Calm➦
(in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.
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Disposition➦
The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will.
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels.
The disposition of the work, to put all things in a beautiful order and harmony, that the whole may be of a piece.
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Calm➦
A period of time without wind.
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Disposition➦
The state or the manner of being disposed or arranged; distribution; arrangement; order; as, the disposition of the trees in an orchard; the disposition of the several parts of an edifice.
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Calm➦
(transitive) To make calm.
to calm a crying baby
to calm the passions
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Disposition➦
Tendency to any action or state resulting from natural constitution; nature; quality; as, a disposition in plants to grow in a direction upward; a disposition in bodies to putrefaction.
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Calm➦
(intransitive) To become calm.
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Disposition➦
Conscious inclination; propension or propensity.
How stands your disposition to be married?
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Calm➦
Freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; a cessation or absence of that which causes motion or disturbance, as of winds or waves; tranquility; stillness; quiet; serenity.
The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
A calm before a storm is commonly a peace of a man's own making.
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Disposition➦
Natural or prevailing spirit, or temperament of mind, especially as shown in intercourse with one's fellow-men; temper of mind.
His disposition led him to do things agreeable to his quality and condition wherein God had placed him.
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Calm➦
To make calm; to render still or quiet, as elements; as, to calm the winds.
To calm the tempest raised by Eolus.
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Disposition➦
Mood; humor.
As I perchance hereafter shall think meetTo put an antic disposition on.
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Calm➦
To deliver from agitation or excitement; to still or soothe, as the mind or passions.
Passions which seem somewhat calmed.
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Disposition➦
your usual mood;
he has a happy disposition
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Calm➦
Not stormy; without motion, as of winds or waves; still; quiet; serene; undisturbed.
Now all is calm, and fresh, and still.
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Disposition➦
the act or means of getting rid of something
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Calm➦
Undisturbed by passion or emotion; not agitated or excited; tranquil; quiet in act or speech.
Such calm old age as conscience pureAnd self-commanding hearts ensure.
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Disposition➦
an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others;
he had an inclination to give up too easily
a tendency to be too strict
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Calm➦
steadiness of mind under stress;
he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity
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Disposition➦
a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing;
a swelling with a disposition to rupture
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Calm➦
make calm or still;
quiet the dragons of worry and fear
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Calm➦
make steady;
steady yourself
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Calm➦
become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation;
After the fight both men need to cool off.
It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again.
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Calm➦
cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to;
The patient must be sedated before the operation
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Calm➦
not agitated; without losing self-possession;
spoke in a calm voice
remained calm throughout the uproar
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Calm➦
characterized by absence of emotional agitation;
calm acceptance of the inevitable
remained serene in the midst of turbulence
a serene expression on her face
she became more tranquil
tranquil life in the country
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Calm➦
(of weather) free from storm or wind;
calm seas
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Calm➦
marked by freedom from agitation or excitement;
the rioters gradually became calm and slowly dispersed
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