Character and Kook

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Character noun - A person of odd or whimsical habits.

Usage example: the junk dealer is certainly a character, but he's as honest as they come

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Kook and character are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Kook" instead a noun "Character".

Kook noun - A person of odd or whimsical habits.

Usage example: if you insist on painting your house bright orange, everyone will assume you are a kook

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Character and kook are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Character" instead a noun "Kook".

This was actually a fashion among teens and mechanics of the 1940s (when the character debuted), but has since been something that just makes him a stand-out kook.

Source: Grandfather Clause
A reoccurring character is self-described "local kook" Fiddleford H.

Source: Wacky Americans Have Wacky Names
Doctor Stephen Strange is a well-known local character in Greenwich Village, often appearing in his trademark costume, but he takes pains that the public know nothing of his struggles and think of him as a harmless New Age kook who apparently makes a living as a guru.

Source: Comic Book / Doctor Strange

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