characteristic vs saving grace

saving grace vs characteristic

characteristic and saving grace both are nouns.

characteristic is an adjective but saving grace is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
characteristic	Yes	Yes	No	No
saving grace	Yes	No	No	No

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

characteristic: a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something
saving grace: a redeeming quality or characteristic

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

characteristic (noun)	saving grace (noun)
a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something	a redeeming quality or characteristic
any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions	(Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence
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)	saving grace (adjective)
typical or distinctive

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