Character vs. Feature — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Character and Feature
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Character
The combination of mental characteristics and behavior that distinguishes a person or group.
Feature
Any of the distinct parts of the face, as the eyes, nose, or mouth.
Character
The distinguishing nature of something.
Feature
Often features The overall appearance of the face or its parts.
Character
Moral strength; integrity
An educational program designed to develop character.
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Feature
A prominent or distinctive part, quality, or characteristic
A feature of one's personality.
A feature of the landscape.
Character
Public estimation of someone; reputation
Personal attacks that damaged her character.
Feature
A property of linguistic units or forms
Nasality is a phonological feature.
Character
(Biology) A structure, function, or attribute of an organism, influenced by genetic, environmental, and developmental factors.
Feature
In generative linguistics, any of various abstract entities that specify or combine to specify phonological, morphological, semantic, and syntactic properties of linguistic forms and that act as the targets of linguistic rules and operations.
Character
A person considered as having a specific quality or attribute
"Being a man of the world and a public character, [he] took everything as a matter of course" (George Eliot).
Feature
The main film presentation at a theater.
Character
A person considered funny or eccentric
Catcalls from some character in the back row.
Feature
A long, narrative movie, typically lasting more than one hour.
Character
A person portrayed in an artistic piece, such as a drama or novel.
Feature
A special attraction at an entertainment.
Character
A person or animal portrayed with a personality in comics or animation
A cartoon character.
Feature
A prominent or special article, story, or department in a newspaper or periodical.
Character
Characterization in fiction or drama
A script that is weak in plot but strong in character.
Feature
An item advertised or offered as particularly attractive or as an inducement
A washing machine with many features.
Character
Status or role; capacity
In his character as the father.
Feature
Outward appearance; form or shape.
Character
A description of a person's attributes, traits, or abilities.
Feature
Physical beauty.
Character
A formal written statement as to competency and dependability, given by an employer to a former employee; a recommendation.
Feature
To give special attention to; display, publicize, or make prominent.
Character
A mark or symbol used in a writing system.
Feature
To have or include as a prominent part or characteristic
The play featured two well-known actors.
Character
A Chinese character.
Feature
To depict or outline the features of.
Character
One of a set of symbols, such as letters or numbers, that are arranged to express information.
Feature
(Informal) To picture mentally; imagine
Can you feature her in that hat?.
Character
The numerical code representing such a character.
Feature
(obsolete) One's structure or make-up: form, shape, bodily proportions.
Character
(Mathematics) The trace function of a representation.
Feature
An important or main item.
Character
A style of printing or writing
"Here is the hand and seal of the Duke.
You know the character" (Shakespeare).
Feature
(media) A long, prominent article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news.
Character
A cipher or code for secret writing.
Feature
(film) feature film
Character
Of or relating to one's character.
Feature
Any of the physical constituents of the face (eyes, nose, etc.).
Character
Specializing in the interpretation of often minor roles that emphasize fixed personality traits or specific physical characteristics
A character actor.
Feature
(computing) A beneficial capability of a piece of software.
Character
Of or relating to the interpretation of such roles by an actor
The character part of the hero's devoted mother.
Feature
The cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an essay; any marked peculiarity or characteristic.
One of the features of the landscape
Character
Dedicated to the portrayal of a person with regard to distinguishing psychological or physical features
A character sketch.
Feature
(archaeology) Something discerned from physical evidence that helps define, identify, characterize, and interpret an archeological site.
A feature of many Central Texas prehistoric archeological sites is a low spreading pile of stones called a rock midden. Other features at these sites may include small hearths.
Character
To write, print, engrave, or inscribe.
Feature
(engineering) Characteristic forms or shapes of parts. For example, a hole, boss, slot, cut, chamfer, or fillet.
Character
To portray or describe; characterize.
Feature
An individual measurable property or characteristic of a phenomenon being observed; the input of a model.
Character
(countable) A being involved in the action of a story.
Feature
(music) The act of being featured in a piece of music.
Character
(countable) A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; phene.
A single locus governing the petal colour character was detected on the linkage group A2.
Feature
(linguistics) The elements into which linguistic units can be broken down.
Character
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.
Feature
(transitive) To ascribe the greatest importance to something within a certain context.
Character
(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."
Feature
(transitive) To star, to contain.
Character
(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.
Feature
(intransitive) To appear, to make an appearance.
Character
(countable) A written or printed symbol, or letter.
Feature
To have features resembling.
Character
Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the particular form of letters used by a person or people.
An inscription in the Runic character
Feature
The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance.
What needeth it his feature to descrive?
Cheated of feature by dissembling nature.
Character
A secret cipher; a way of writing in code.
Feature
The make, cast, or appearance of the human face, and especially of any single part of the face; a lineament. (pl.) The face, the countenance.
It is for homely features to keep home.
Character
One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.
Feature
The cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an essay; any marked peculiarity or characteristic; as, one of the features of the landscape.
And to her service bind each living creatureThrough secret understanding of their feature.
Character
A person or individual, especially one who is unknown.
We saw a shady character slinking out of the office with some papers.
That old guy is a real character.
Feature
A form; a shape.
So scented the grim feature, and upturnedHis nostril wide into the murky air.
Character
A complex number representing an element of a finite Abelian group.
Feature
A prominent aspect of something;
The map showed roads and other features
Generosity is one of his best characteristics
Character
(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
Feature
The characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin;
An expression of pleasure crossed his features
His lineaments were very regular
Character
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.
Feature
The principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater;
The feature tonight is `Casablanca'
Character
A reference given to a servant, attesting to their behaviour, competence, etc.
Feature
A special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine;
They ran a feature on retirement planning
Character
Personal appearance.
Feature
An article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles
Character
(obsolete) To write (using characters); to describe.
Feature
Have as a feature;
This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France
Character
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.
Feature
Wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner;
She was sporting a new hat
Character
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?
Character
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.
Character
Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; as, he has a great deal of character.
Character
Moral quality; the principles and motives that control the life; as, a man of character; his character saves him from suspicion.
Character
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.
Character
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.
Character
A written statement as to behavior, competency, etc., given to a servant.
Character
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.
Character
One of the persons of a drama or novel.
Character
To engrave; to inscribe.
These trees shall be my books.And in their barks my thoughts I 'll character.
Character
To distinguish by particular marks or traits; to describe; to characterize.
Character
An imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story);
She is the main character in the novel
Character
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
Character
The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions;
Education has for its object the formation of character
Character
An actor's portrayal of someone in a play;
She played the part of Desdemona
Character
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
Character
Good repute;
He is a man of character
Character
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
Character
A written symbol that is used to represent speech;
The Greek alphabet has 24 characters
Character
Engrave or inscribe characters on
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