upper-case letter vs character

character vs upper-case letter

upper-case letter and character both are nouns.

upper-case letter is not a verb while character is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
upper-case letter	Yes	No	No	No
character	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, character is a hypernym of upper-case letter; that is, character is a word with a broader meaning than upper-case letter:

upper-case letter: one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
character: a written symbol that is used to represent speech

Other hypernyms of upper-case letter include graph, grapheme, graphic symbol.

upper-case letter (noun)	character (noun)
one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis	(genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes
	the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
	a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
	an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
	a written symbol that is used to represent speech
	a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability
	a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
	an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
	good repute

upper-case letter (verb)	character (verb)
	engrave or inscribe characters on

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