characteristic vs distinctive feature

distinctive feature vs characteristic

characteristic and distinctive feature both are nouns.

characteristic is an adjective but distinctive feature is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
characteristic	Yes	Yes	No	No
distinctive feature	Yes	No	No	No

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

characteristic: a prominent attribute or aspect of something
distinctive feature: an odd or unusual characteristic

Other hyponyms of characteristic include sex character, sex characteristic, sexual characteristic, invariant, aspect, facet, attracter, attraction, attractive feature, attractor, magnet, badge, centerpiece, centrepiece, contour, excellence, excellency, external, distinguishing characteristic, peculiarity, safety feature.

characteristic (noun)	distinctive feature (noun)
a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something	an odd or unusual characteristic
any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions
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)	distinctive feature (adjective)
typical or distinctive

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