Deposition vs. Disposition — What's the Difference?

The act of deposing, as from high office.

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.

The act of depositing, especially the laying down of matter by a natural process.

A person's inherent qualities of mind and character

Something deposited; a deposit.

The way in which something is placed or arranged, especially in relation to other things

(Law) Sworn testimony recorded for use in court at a later date.

The distribution or transfer of property or money to someone, especially by bequest

Deposition The removal of Jesus from the cross.

The power to deal with something as one pleases

The removal of someone from office.

One's usual mood; temperament

The act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; the resultant deposit.

A habitual inclination; a tendency

(chemistry) The production of a thin film of material onto an existing surface.

A physical property or tendency

(legal) The process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken.

Arrangement, positioning, or distribution

(meteorology) The formation of snow or frost directly from water vapor.

An act of disposing; a bestowal or transfer to another.

(physics) The transformation of a gas into a solid without an intermediate liquid phase (reverse of sublimation)

The power or liberty to control, direct, or dispose

(religion) The formal placement of relics in a church or shrine, and the feast day commemorating it.

The way in which something or someone is disposed or disposed of (in any sense of those terms); thus:

The act of depositing or deposing; the act of laying down or thrown down; precipitation.

Control over something, or the results produced by the exercise of such control; thus:

The act of bringing before the mind; presentation.

Tendency or inclination under given circumstances.

The act of setting aside a sovereign or a public officer; deprivation of authority and dignity; displacement; removal.

Temperamental makeup or habitual mood.

That which is deposited; matter laid or thrown down; sediment; alluvial matter; as, banks are sometimes depositions of alluvial matter.

To remove or place in a different position.

An opinion, example, or statement, laid down or asserted; a declaration.

The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will.

The act of laying down one's testimony in writing; also, testimony laid or taken down in writing, under oath or affirmation, before some competent officer, and in reply to interrogatories and cross-interrogatories.

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.

The natural process of laying down a deposit of something

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.

(law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness; usually done in a lawyer's office

Conscious inclination; propension or propensity.

The act of putting something somewhere

Natural or prevailing spirit, or temperament of mind, especially as shown in intercourse with one's fellow-men; temper of mind.

The act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office

Mood; humor.

Your usual mood;

The act or means of getting rid of something

An attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others;

A natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing;