Character vs. Characterization

Characternoun

(countable) A being involved in the action of a story.

Characterizationnoun

The act or process of characterizing.

Characternoun

(countable) A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; phene.

‘A single locus governing the petal colour character was detected on the linkage group A2.’;

Characterizationnoun

The act or process of characterizing.

Characternoun

A complex of traits marking a person, group, breed, or type.

‘A study of the suspect's character and his cast iron alibi ruled him out.’;

Characterizationnoun

a graphic or vivid verbal description;

‘too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures’; ‘the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland’; ‘the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters’;

Characternoun

(uncountable) Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.

‘He has a great deal of character.’; ‘"You may not like to eat liver," said Calvin's father, "but it builds character."’;

Characterizationnoun

the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features;

‘the media's characterization of Al Gore as a nerd’;

Characternoun

(countable) A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.

‘Julius Caesar is a great historical character.’; ‘That bloke is such a character.’;

Characterizationnoun

acting the part of a character on stage; dramaticially representing the character by speech and action and gesture

Characternoun

(countable) A written or printed symbol, or letter.

Characterization

Characterization or characterisation is the representation of persons (or other beings or creatures) in narrative and dramatic works. The term character development is sometimes used as a synonym.

Characternoun

Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the particular form of letters used by a person or people.

‘an inscription in the Runic character’;

Characternoun

A secret cipher; a way of writing in code.

Characternoun

One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.

Characternoun

A person or individual, especially one who is unknown or raises suspicions.

‘We saw a shady character slinking out of the office with some papers.’; ‘That old guy is a real character.’;

Characternoun

A complex number representing an element of a finite Abelian group.

Characternoun

(countable) Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty.

‘in the miserable character of a slave’; ‘in his character as a magistrate’;

Characternoun

The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing; reputation.

‘a man's character for truth and veracity’; ‘Her actions give her a bad character.’;

Characternoun

A reference given to a servant, attesting to his/her behaviour, competence, etc.

Characternoun

Personal appearance.

Characterverb

(obsolete) To write (using characters); to describe.

Characternoun

A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol.

‘It were much to be wished that there were throughout the world but one sort of character for each letter to express it to the eye.’;

Characternoun

Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the peculiar form of letters used by a particular person or people; as, an inscription in the Runic character.

‘You know the character to be your brother's?’;

Characternoun

The peculiar quality, or the sum of qualities, by which a person or a thing is distinguished from others; the stamp impressed by nature, education, or habit; that which a person or thing really is; nature; disposition.

‘The character or that dominion.’; ‘Know well each Ancient's proper character;His fable, subject, scope in every page;Religion, Country, genius of his Age.’; ‘A man of . . . thoroughly subservient character.’;

Characternoun

Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; as, he has a great deal of character.

Characternoun

Moral quality; the principles and motives that control the life; as, a man of character; his character saves him from suspicion.

Characternoun

Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty; as, in the miserable character of a slave; in his character as a magistrate; her character as a daughter.

Characternoun

The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing; reputation; as, a man's character for truth and veracity; to give one a bad character.

‘This subterraneous passage is much mended since Seneca gave so bad a character of it.’;

Characternoun

A written statement as to behavior, competency, etc., given to a servant.

Characternoun

A unique or extraordinary individuality; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits; a person who illustrates certain phases of character; as, Randolph was a character; Cæsar is a great historical character.

Characternoun

One of the persons of a drama or novel.

Characterverb

To engrave; to inscribe.

‘These trees shall be my books.And in their barks my thoughts I 'll character.’;

Characterverb

To distinguish by particular marks or traits; to describe; to characterize.

Characternoun

an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story);

‘she is the main character in the novel’;

Characternoun

a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something;

‘each town has a quality all its own’; ‘the radical character of our demands’;

Characternoun

the inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions;

‘education has for its object the formation of character’;

Characternoun

an actor's portrayal of someone in a play;

‘she played the part of Desdemona’;

Characternoun

a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities);

‘a real character’; ‘a strange character’; ‘a friendly eccentric’; ‘the capable type’; ‘a mental case’;

Characternoun

good repute;

‘he is a man of character’;

Characternoun

a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability;

‘requests for character references are all to often answered evasively’;

Characternoun

a written symbol that is used to represent speech;

‘the Greek alphabet has 24 characters’;

Characterverb

engrave or inscribe characters on