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characteristic vs incurability

incurability vs characteristic

characteristic and incurability both are nouns.

characteristic is an adjective but incurability is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
characteristic Yes Yes No No
incurability Yes No No No
As nouns, incurability is a hyponym of characteristic; that is, incurability is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than characteristic:
  • characteristic: a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something
  • incurability: incapability of being cured or healed
characteristic (noun) incurability (noun)
a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something incapability of being cured or healed
any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions incapability of being altered in disposition or habits
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) incurability (adjective)
typical or distinctive
Difference between characteristic and incurability

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