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Character vs. Mettle — What's the Difference?

Character vs. Mettle — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Character and Mettle

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Character

The combination of mental characteristics and behavior that distinguishes a person or group.

Mettle

A person's ability to cope well with difficulties; spirit and resilience
The team showed their true mettle in the second half

Character

The distinguishing nature of something.

Mettle

The ability to meet a challenge or persevere under demanding circumstances; determination or resolve
A race that tested the best runners' mettle.

Character

Moral strength; integrity
An educational program designed to develop character.
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Mettle

A quality of endurance and courage.

Character

Public estimation of someone; reputation
Personal attacks that damaged her character.

Mettle

Good temperament and character.

Character

(Biology) A structure, function, or attribute of an organism, influenced by genetic, environmental, and developmental factors.

Mettle

(obsolete) Metal; a metallic substance.

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).

Mettle

(Scotland) Spirited, vigorous, stout-hearted.

Character

A person considered funny or eccentric
Catcalls from some character in the back row.

Mettle

Substance or quality of temperament; spirit, esp. as regards honor, courage, fortitude, ardor, etc.; disposition; - usually in a good sense; as, to test a person's mettle.
A certain critical hour which shall . . . try what mettle his heart is made of.
Gentlemen of brave mettle.
The winged courser, like a generous horse,Shows most true mettle when you check his course.

Character

A person portrayed in an artistic piece, such as a drama or novel.

Mettle

The courage to carry on;
He kept fighting on pure spunk
You haven't got the heart for baseball

Character

A person or animal portrayed with a personality in comics or animation
A cartoon character.

Character

Characterization in fiction or drama
A script that is weak in plot but strong in character.

Character

Status or role; capacity
In his character as the father.

Character

A description of a person's attributes, traits, or abilities.

Character

A formal written statement as to competency and dependability, given by an employer to a former employee; a recommendation.

Character

A mark or symbol used in a writing system.

Character

A Chinese character.

Character

One of a set of symbols, such as letters or numbers, that are arranged to express information.

Character

The numerical code representing such a character.

Character

(Mathematics) The trace function of a representation.

Character

A style of printing or writing
"Here is the hand and seal of the Duke.
You know the character" (Shakespeare).

Character

A cipher or code for secret writing.

Character

Of or relating to one's character.

Character

Specializing in the interpretation of often minor roles that emphasize fixed personality traits or specific physical characteristics
A character actor.

Character

Of or relating to the interpretation of such roles by an actor
The character part of the hero's devoted mother.

Character

Dedicated to the portrayal of a person with regard to distinguishing psychological or physical features
A character sketch.

Character

To write, print, engrave, or inscribe.

Character

To portray or describe; characterize.

Character

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

Character

(countable) A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; phene.
A single locus governing the petal colour character was detected on the linkage group A2.

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.

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."

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.

Character

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

Character

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

Character

A secret cipher; a way of writing in code.

Character

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

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.

Character

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

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

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.

Character

A reference given to a servant, attesting to their behaviour, competence, etc.

Character

Personal appearance.

Character

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

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.

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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