Disposed vs. Disposer — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Disposed and Disposer
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Disposed
Having a preference, disposition, or tendency
"a frontier population that was more disposed to risk taking" (George Black).
Disposer
To put into a willing or receptive frame of mind; incline
"If we're going to preach the politics of virtue, then we need to promote the social conditions that dispose people to be virtuous" (Lillian B. Rubin).
Disposed
Thrown out; discarded
Disposed diapers.
Disposer
To place or set in a particular order; arrange
"Sally ... was beginning to loosen the upper sheet and dispose the pillows" (Harriet Beecher Stowe).
Disposed
Simple past tense and past participle of dispose
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Disposer
To determine the course of events
Man proposes, God disposes.
Disposed
Inclined; minded.
Disposer
One who disposes.
Disposed
(in combination) Having a certain disposition.
Well-disposed; ill-disposed
Disposer
One who, or that which, disposes; a regulator; a director; a bestower.
Absolute lord and disposer of all things.
Disposed
(obsolete) Inclined to mirth; jolly.
Disposed
Inclined; minded.
When he was disposed to pass into Achaia.
Disposed
Inclined to mirth; jolly.
Disposed
Having made preparations;
Prepared to take risks
Disposed
(usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward;
He is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant
I am not minded to answer any questions
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