characteristic vs earmark

earmark vs characteristic

characteristic and earmark both are nouns.

characteristic is an adjective but earmark is not an adjective.

characteristic is not a verb while earmark is a verb.

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

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

characteristic: a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something
earmark: a distinctive characteristic or attribute of someone or something

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

characteristic (noun)	earmark (noun)
a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something	a distinctive characteristic or attribute of someone or something
any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions	identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal
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)	earmark (adjective)
typical or distinctive

characteristic (verb)	earmark (verb)
	give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

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