characteristic vs straightness

straightness vs characteristic

characteristic and straightness both are nouns.

characteristic is an adjective but straightness is not an adjective.

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

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

characteristic: a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something
straightness: trueness of course toward a goal

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

characteristic (noun)	straightness (noun)
a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something	a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex
any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions	freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles
a prominent attribute or aspect of something	(of hair) lack of a tendency to curl
the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2	having honest intentions
	trueness of course toward a goal

characteristic (adjective)	straightness (adjective)
typical or distinctive

Difference between characteristic and straightness

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