distinctive vs characteristic

distinctive is not a noun while characteristic is a noun.

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

distinctive (noun)	characteristic (noun)
	a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something
	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

distinctive (adjective)	characteristic (adjective)
of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing	typical or distinctive
capable of being classified