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compatibility vs characteristic

characteristic vs compatibility

compatibility and characteristic both are nouns.

compatibility is not an adjective while characteristic is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
compatibility Yes No No No
characteristic Yes Yes No No
As nouns, characteristic is a hypernym of compatibility; that is, characteristic is a word with a broader meaning than compatibility:
  • compatibility: capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination
  • characteristic: a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something
compatibility (noun) characteristic (noun)
capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something
a feeling of sympathetic understanding any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions
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
compatibility (adjective) characteristic (adjective)
typical or distinctive
Difference between compatibility and characteristic

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