hallmark vs characteristic

characteristic vs hallmark

hallmark and characteristic both are nouns.

hallmark is not an adjective while characteristic is an adjective.

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

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

hallmark: a distinctive characteristic or attribute of someone or something
characteristic: a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something

hallmark (noun)	characteristic (noun)
a distinctive characteristic or attribute of someone or something	a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something
a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity	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

hallmark (adjective)	characteristic (adjective)
	typical or distinctive

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