characteristic vs quality

quality vs characteristic

characteristic and quality both are nouns.

characteristic and quality both are adjectives.

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

As nouns, quality is a hypernym of characteristic; that is, quality is a word with a broader meaning than characteristic:

characteristic: a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something
quality: an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone

characteristic (noun)	quality (noun)
a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something	an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions	(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
a prominent attribute or aspect of something	a degree or grade of excellence or worth
the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2	a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
	high social status

characteristic (adjective)	quality (adjective)
typical or distinctive	of superior grade
	of high social status

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