Feature vs. Characteristic

Feature vs. Characteristic — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Feature and Characteristic

Featurenoun

(obsolete) One's structure or make-up: form, shape, bodily proportions.

Characteristicadjective

Being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing.

Featurenoun

An important or main item.

Characteristicnoun

A distinguishing feature of a person or thing.

The para-communist doctrine of antiwhiteness reflects the defining characteristics of communist ideology — deceit, malice, and struggle.

Featurenoun

(media) A long, prominent article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news.

Characteristicnoun

(mathematics) The integer part of a logarithm.

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Featurenoun

Any of the physical constituents of the face (eyes, nose, etc.).

Characteristicnoun

(nautical) The distinguishing features of a navigational light on a lighthouse etc by which it can be identified (colour, pattern of flashes etc.).

Featurenoun

(computing) A beneficial capability of a piece of software.

Characteristicnoun

For a given field or ring, a natural number that is either the smallest positive number n such that n instances of the multiplicative identity (1) summed together yield the additive identity (0) or, if no such number exists, the number 0.

The characteristic of a field, if non-zero, must be a prime number.

Featurenoun

The cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an essay; any marked peculiarity or characteristic.

one of the features of the landscape

Characteristicnoun

a prominent aspect of something;

the map showed roads and other featuresgenerosity is one of his best characteristics
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Featurenoun

(archaeology) Something discerned from physical evidence that helps define, identify, characterize, and interpret an archeological site.

Characteristicnoun

a distinguishing quality

Featurenoun

(engineering) Characteristic forms or shapes of parts. For example, a hole, boss, slot, cut, chamfer, or fillet.

Characteristicnoun

the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2

Featurenoun

An individual measurable property or characteristic of a phenomenon being observed.

Characteristicnoun

any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions

Featurenoun

(music) The act of being featured in a piece of music.

Characteristicadjective

typical or distinctive;

heard my friend's characteristic laughred and gold are the characteristic colors of autumnstripes characteristic of the zebra

Featurenoun

(linguistics) The elements into which linguistic units can be broken down.

Featureverb

(transitive) To ascribe the greatest importance to something within a certain context.

Featureverb

(transitive) To star, to contain.

Featureverb

(intransitive) To appear, to make an appearance.

Featureverb

To have features resembling.

Featurenoun

a prominent aspect of something;

the map showed roads and other featuresgenerosity is one of his best characteristics

Featurenoun

the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin;

an expression of pleasure crossed his featureshis lineaments were very regular

Featurenoun

the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater;

the feature tonight is `Casablanca'

Featurenoun

a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine;

they ran a feature on retirement planning

Featurenoun

an article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles

Featureverb

have as a feature;

This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France

Featureverb

wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner;

she was sporting a new hat