streak vs characteristic

characteristic vs streak

streak and characteristic both are nouns.

streak is not an adjective while characteristic is an adjective.

streak is a verb but characteristic is not a verb.

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

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

streak: a distinctive characteristic
characteristic: a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something

streak (noun)	characteristic (noun)
a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background	a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something
a distinctive characteristic	any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions
a sudden flash (as of lightning)	a prominent attribute or aspect of something
an unbroken series of events	the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2

streak (adjective)	characteristic (adjective)
	typical or distinctive

streak (verb)	characteristic (verb)
mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained
move quickly in a straight line
run naked in a public place

Difference between streak and characteristic

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