characteristic vs directness

directness vs characteristic

characteristic and directness both are nouns.

characteristic is an adjective but directness is not an adjective.

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

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

characteristic: a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something
directness: trueness of course toward a goal

Other hyponyms of characteristic include passport, recommendation, compatibility, incompatibility, point, spot, point, earmark, hallmark, stylemark, trademark, saving grace, aspect, safeness, dangerousness, curability, curableness, incurability, incurableness, straightness, indirectness, robustness, ruralism, rurality, streak, invasiveness, noninvasiveness.

characteristic (noun)	directness (noun)
a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something	trueness of course toward a goal
any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions	the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
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

characteristic (adjective)	directness (adjective)
typical or distinctive

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