invariant vs characteristic

characteristic vs invariant

invariant and characteristic both are nouns.

invariant and characteristic both are adjectives.

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

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

invariant: a feature (quantity or property or function) that remains unchanged when a particular transformation is applied to it
characteristic: a prominent attribute or aspect of something

Other hypernyms of invariant include feature.

invariant (noun)	characteristic (noun)
a feature (quantity or property or function) that remains unchanged when a particular transformation is applied to it	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

invariant (adjective)	characteristic (adjective)
unvarying in nature	typical or distinctive
unaffected by a designated operation or transformation

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