Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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peculiar | No | Yes | No | No |
characteristic | Yes | Yes | No | No |
peculiar (noun) | characteristic (noun) |
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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 |
peculiar (adjective) | characteristic (adjective) |
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characteristic of one only; distinctive or special | typical or distinctive |
unique or specific to a person or thing or category | |
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected | |
markedly different from the usual; special |