straightness vs characteristic

characteristic vs straightness

straightness and characteristic both are nouns.

straightness is not an adjective while characteristic is an adjective.

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

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

straightness: trueness of course toward a goal
characteristic: a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something

straightness (noun)	characteristic (noun)
a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex	a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something
freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles	any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions
(of hair) lack of a tendency to curl	a prominent attribute or aspect of something
having honest intentions	the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2
trueness of course toward a goal

straightness (adjective)	characteristic (adjective)
	typical or distinctive

Difference between straightness and characteristic

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