Disposition vs. Make — What's the Difference?

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.

To cause to exist or happen; bring about; create

A person's inherent qualities of mind and character

To bring into existence by shaping, modifying, or putting together material; construct

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

To form by assembling individuals or constituents

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

To change from one form or function to another

The power to deal with something as one pleases

To cause to be or become

One's usual mood; temperament

To cause to assume a specified function or role

A habitual inclination; a tendency

To cause to act in a specified manner

A physical property or tendency

To compel

Arrangement, positioning, or distribution

To form in the mind

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

To compose

The power or liberty to control, direct, or dispose

To prepare; fix

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

To get ready or set in order for use

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

To gather and light the materials for (a fire).

Tendency or inclination under given circumstances.

To engage in

Temperamental makeup or habitual mood.

To carry out; perform

To remove or place in a different position.

To achieve, produce, or attain

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

To institute or establish; enact

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.

To draw up and execute in a suitable form

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.

To arrange or agree to

Conscious inclination; propension or propensity.

To arrive at; reach

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

To reach in time

Mood; humor.

To attain the rank or position of

Your usual mood;

To acquire a place in or on

The act or means of getting rid of something

To gain or earn, as by working

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

To behave so as to acquire

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

To score or achieve, as in a sport

To assure the success of

To favor the development of

To be suited for

To develop into

To draw a conclusion as to the significance or nature of

To calculate as being; estimate

To consider as being

To constitute

To add up to

To amount to

To cover (a distance)

To constitute the essence or nature of

To cause to be especially enjoyable or rewarding

To appear to begin (an action)

(Slang) To persuade to have sexual intercourse.

To act or behave in a specified manner

To begin or appear to begin an action

To cause something to be as specified

To proceed in a certain direction

(Slang) To pretend to be; imitate. Used with like

To undergo fabrication or manufacture

To rise or accumulate

The style or manner in which a thing is made

A specific line of manufactured goods, identified by the manufacturer's name or the registered trademark

The origin of a product's manufacturing

The physical or moral nature of a person

The physical nature or build of an animal or person

(Slang) Identification of a person or thing, often from information in police records

(transitive) To create.

To build, construct, produce, or originate.

To write or compose.

To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action.

(religious) To create (the universe), especially (in Christianity) from nothing.

(transitive) To prepare (food); to cook (food).

To behave, to act.

(intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.

To constitute.

(transitive) To add up to, have a sum of.

To interpret.

To bring into success.

To cause to be.

To cause to appear to be; to represent as.

To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).

To force to do.

To indicate or suggest to be.

To cover neatly with bedclothes.

To recognise, identify, spot.

To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.

To proceed (in a direction).

(transitive) To cover (a given distance) by travelling.

(transitive) To move at (a speed).

To appoint; to name.

To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).

To defecate or urinate.

(transitive) To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).

(transitive) To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.

To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.

To enact; to establish.

To develop into; to prove to be.

To form or formulate in the mind.

To perform a feat.

(intransitive) To gain sufficient audience to warrant its existence.

(obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.

(obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.

(obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.

To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.

To take the virginity of.

(transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.

(intransitive) Of water, to flow toward land; to rise.

Brand or kind; model.

Manner or style of construction (style of how a thing is made); form.

Origin (of a manufactured article); manufacture; production.

A person's character or disposition.

(dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.

(uncountable) Quantity produced, especially of materials.

(computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.

(slang) Identification or recognition (of identity), especially from police records or evidence.

Past, present, or future target of seduction (usually female).

A promotion.

A home-made project

(cards) Turn to declare the trump for a hand (in bridge), or to shuffle the cards.

(basketball) A made basket.

(physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.

Mate; a spouse or companion; a match.

A halfpenny.

An agricultural tool resembling a scythe, used to cut (harvest) certain plants such as peas, reeds, or tares.

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

Structure, texture, constitution of parts; construction; shape; form.

To cause to exist; to bring into being; to form; to produce; to frame; to fashion; to create.

To produce, as something artificial, unnatural, or false; - often with up; as, to make up a story.

To cause to be or become; to put into a given state verb, or adjective; to constitute; as, to make known; to make public; to make fast.

To bring about; to bring forward; to be the cause or agent of; to effect, do, perform, or execute; - often used with a noun to form a phrase equivalent to the simple verb that corresponds to such noun; as, to make complaint, for to complain; to make record of, for to record; to make abode, for to abide, etc.

To cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to esteem, suppose, or represent.

To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make a bill, note, will, deed, etc.

To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; - followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive.

To find, as the result of calculation or computation; to ascertain by enumeration; to find the number or amount of, by reckoning, weighing, measurement, and the like; as, he made the distance of; to travel over; as, the ship makes ten knots an hour; he made the distance in one day.

To become; to be, or to be capable of being, changed or fashioned into; to do the part or office of; to furnish the material for; as, he will make a good musician; sweet cider makes sour vinegar; wool makes warm clothing.

To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to constitute; to form; to amount to; as, a pound of ham makes a hearty meal.

To be engaged or concerned in.

To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of.

To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; - often in the phrase to meddle or make.

To proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward home; the tiger made at the sportsmen.

To tend; to contribute; to have effect; - with for or against; as, it makes for his advantage.

To increase; to augment; to accrue.

To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.

A recognizable kind;

The act of mixing cards haphazardly

Engage in;

Give certain properties to something;

Make or cause to be or to become;

Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner;

Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally;

Create or manufacture a man-made product;

Make, formulate, or derive in the mind;

Compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way;

Create by artistic means;

Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages;

Create or design, often in a certain way;

To compose or represent:

Reach a goal, e.g.,

Be or be capable of being changed or made into;

Make by shaping or bringing together constituents;

Perform or carry out;

Make by combining materials and parts;

Change from one form into another;

Act in a certain way so as to acquire;

Charge with a function; charge to be;

Achieve a point or goal;

Reach a destination, either real or abstract;

Institute, enact, or establish;

Carry out or commit;

Add up to;

Form by assembling individuals or constituents;

Organize or be responsible for;

Prepare for eating by applying heat;

Put in order or neaten;

Head into a specified direction;

Have a bowel movement;

Undergo fabrication or creation;

Be suitable for;

Amount to;

Constitute the essence of;

Appear to begin an activity;

Proceed along a path;

Reach in time;

Gather and light the materials for;

Induce to have sex;

Assure the success of;

Represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like;

Consider as being;

Calculate as being;

Cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable;

Favor the development of;

Develop into;

Behave in a certain way;

Eliminate urine;