magnet vs characteristic

characteristic vs magnet

magnet and characteristic both are nouns.

magnet is not an adjective while characteristic is an adjective.

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

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

magnet: a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts
characteristic: a prominent attribute or aspect of something

Other hypernyms of magnet include feature.

magnet (noun)	characteristic (noun)
(physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field	a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something
a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts	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

magnet (adjective)	characteristic (adjective)
	typical or distinctive

Difference between magnet and characteristic

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