characteristic vs nature

characteristic and nature both are nouns.

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

characteristic (noun)	nature (noun)
a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something	the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions
any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions	the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
a prominent attribute or aspect of something	a particular type of thing
the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2	the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.
	a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe

characteristic (adjective)	nature (adjective)
typical or distinctive