attribute vs lineament

attribute and lineament both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
attribute	Yes	No	Yes	No
lineament	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, lineament is a hyponym of attribute; that is, lineament is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than attribute:

attribute: a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished
lineament: a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something

Other hyponyms of attribute include character, quality, characteristic, feature, feature, feature of speech, exactingness.

attribute (noun)	lineament (noun)
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity	the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin
a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished	a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something

attribute (verb)	lineament (verb)
attribute or credit to
decide as to where something belongs in a scheme