character vs rune

rune vs character

character and rune both are nouns.

character is a verb but rune is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
character	Yes	No	Yes	No
rune	Yes	No	No	No

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

character: a written symbol that is used to represent speech
rune: any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages

Other hyponyms of character include allograph, check character, superior, superscript, inferior, subscript, ASCII character, ligature, capital, capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercase, lower-case letter, lowercase, minuscule, small letter, type, percent sign, percentage sign, asterisk, star, dagger, obelisk, diesis, double dagger, double obelisk, alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet, blank, space, phonetic symbol, mathematical symbol, runic letter, pictograph, ideogram, ideograph, radical, stenograph, siglum.

character (noun)	rune (noun)
(genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes	any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages
the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
a written symbol that is used to represent speech
a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability
a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
good repute

character (verb)	rune (verb)
engrave or inscribe characters on

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