attractor vs characteristic

characteristic vs attractor

attractor and characteristic both are nouns.

attractor is not an adjective while characteristic is an adjective.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of attractor include feature.

attractor (noun)	characteristic (noun)
a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts	a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something
(physics) a point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve regardless of the starting conditions of the system	any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions
an entertainer who attracts large audiences	a prominent attribute or aspect of something
	the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2

attractor (adjective)	characteristic (adjective)
	typical or distinctive

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