characteristic vs distinguishing characteristic

distinguishing characteristic vs characteristic

characteristic and distinguishing characteristic both are nouns.

characteristic is an adjective but distinguishing characteristic is not an adjective.

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

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

characteristic: a prominent attribute or aspect of something
distinguishing characteristic: 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, distinctive feature, peculiarity, safety feature.

characteristic (noun)	distinguishing characteristic (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)	distinguishing characteristic (adjective)
typical or distinctive

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