attraction vs characteristic

characteristic vs attraction

attraction and characteristic both are nouns.

attraction is not an adjective while characteristic is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
attraction	Yes	No	No	No
characteristic	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, characteristic is a hypernym of attraction; that is, characteristic is a word with a broader meaning than attraction:

attraction: a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts
characteristic: a prominent attribute or aspect of something

Other hypernyms of attraction include feature.

attraction (noun)	characteristic (noun)
the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts	a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something
a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts	any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions
an entertainment that is offered to the public	a prominent attribute or aspect of something
an entertainer who attracts large audiences	the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2
the force by which one object attracts another

attraction (adjective)	characteristic (adjective)
	typical or distinctive

Difference between attraction and characteristic

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