Attribute vs. Characteristic

Attributenoun

A characteristic or quality of a thing.

Attributenoun

(grammar) A word that qualifies a noun, a qualifier.

Attributenoun

(logic) That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.

Attributenoun

An option or setting belonging to some object.

Attributenoun

(programming) A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated.

Attributenoun

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Attributenoun

A numeric value representing the colours of part of the screen display.

Attributeverb

To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.

Attributeverb

To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone.

Attributeverb

To ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate (to); to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging (to).

Attributenoun

That which is attributed; a quality which is considered as belonging to, or inherent in, a person or thing; an essential or necessary property or characteristic.

Attributenoun

Reputation.

Attributenoun

A conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure; as, a club is the attribute of Hercules.

Attributenoun

Quality, etc., denoted by an attributive; an attributive adjunct or adjective.

Attributenoun

a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished;

Attributenoun

an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity

Attributeverb

attribute or credit to;

Attributeverb

decide as to where something belongs in a scheme;

Characteristicadjective

Being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing.

Characteristicnoun

A distinguishing feature of a person or thing.

Characteristicnoun

(mathematics) The integer part of a logarithm.

Characteristicnoun

(nautical) The distinguishing features of a navigational light on a lighthouse etc by which it can be identified (colour, pattern of flashes etc.).

Characteristicnoun

For a given field or ring, a natural number that is either the smallest positive number n such that n instances of the multiplicative identity (1) summed together yield the additive identity (0) or, if no such number exists, the number 0.

Characteristicadjective

Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive.

Characteristicnoun

A distinguishing trait, quality, or property; an element of character; that which characterized.

Characteristicnoun

The integral part (whether positive or negative) of a logarithm.

Characteristicnoun

a prominent aspect of something;

Characteristicnoun

a distinguishing quality

Characteristicnoun

the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2

Characteristicnoun

any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions

Characteristicadjective

typical or distinctive;

Characteristicadjective

typical of a particular person, place, or thing

Characteristicnoun

a feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify them

Characteristicnoun

the whole number or integral part of a logarithm, which gives the order of magnitude of the original number.