Ability and Characteristic

Ability

Ability noun - The physical or mental power to do something.

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Characteristic and ability are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Characteristic" instead a noun "Ability".

Nearby Word: able

Characteristic noun - Something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind.

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Ability and characteristic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ability" instead a noun "Characteristic".

human	human ability	human characteristic
good	good ability	good characteristic
high	high ability	high characteristic
physical	physical ability	physical characteristic
Other adjectives: special, particular, similar, common, natural, certain, single, real, great, main, inherent, unique, useful, general, secondary, unusual, primary, different, informed, racial.

This is such a defining characteristic of Lenny from Shade, the Changing Man that when her ability to snark was stolen (along with her sex drive,) she attempted suicide.

Source: Deadpan Snarker / Comic Books
The defining characteristic of both is their armor piercing ability and high rate of fire.

Source: Magnetic Weapons
Her dragons do have at least one characteristic that quite unique—the ability to teleport (called "going between ") not just through space, but through time as well.

Source: Our Dragons Are Different / Literature

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