characteristic vs magnet

magnet vs characteristic

characteristic and magnet both are nouns.

characteristic is an adjective but magnet is not an adjective.

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

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

characteristic: a prominent attribute or aspect of something
magnet: a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts

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

characteristic (noun)	magnet (noun)
a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something	(physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field
any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions	a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts
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)	magnet (adjective)
typical or distinctive

Difference between characteristic and magnet

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