Character and Stuff

Character

Character noun - The set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others.

Usage example: the basic character of the work requires that an employee be able to work quietly and independently

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Stuff and character are semantically related in substance topic. In some cases you can use "Stuff" instead a noun "Character".

Stuff noun - A skill, an ability, or knowledge that makes a person able to do a particular job.

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Character and stuff are semantically related in substance topic. Sometimes you can use "Character" instead a noun "Stuff".

Nearby Words: stuffy, stuffed, stuffing, stuffiness

old	old character	old stuff
good	good character	good stuff
nice	nice character	nice stuff
special	special character	special stuff
Other adjectives: best, similar, normal, strong, actual, real, serious, bad, black, interesting, important, white, new, heroic, minor, random, older.

In these cases, it's fairly blatant the author is just writing the character for amazing stuff to happen to instead of a character that actually exists as a person.

Source: Common Mary Sue Traits
In Persona4, it's indicated that the player character's young cousin, Nanako, doesn't like spicy stuff very much.

Source: Does Not Like Spam
Since that character is supposed to know that stuff as well, the whole dialogue turns into a circus of finishing sentences for the other character.

Source: The Watson

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