Characteristic and Standard

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Characteristic

Characteristic adjective - Having or showing the qualities associated with the members of a particular group or kind.
Usage example: the characteristic wit and good-naturedness of the Irish
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Standard and characteristic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Standard" instead the word "Characteristic" as an adjective or a noun.
Nearby Words: character, characterize, characteristically, characterization, characterized

Standard

Standard adjective - Having or showing the qualities associated with the members of a particular group or kind.
Usage example: he's pretty much your standard high-school jock
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Characteristic and standard are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Characteristic" instead the word "Standard" as an adjective or a noun.
Nearby Words: standardize, standardise, standardized, standardised, standardization

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good good characteristic good standard
female female characteristic female standard
high high characteristic high standard
particular particular characteristic particular standard
Other adjectives: usual, common, certain, great, main, sexual, inherent, major, general, different, higher, racial.

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  • Motor Mouth The show's scripts were apparently twice the size of your standard television script due to this characteristic.
    Source: Motor Mouth
  • In contrast to the standard Humans Advance Swiftly characteristic, D'Argo notes all of the infighting on Earth as the reason humans haven't advanced further technologically.
    Source: Humans Kill Wantonly
  • The 5th Edition codex changed them from the "standard" Space Marine chapter, whose main characteristic was being a jack of all trades, to the epitome of Imperial virtue and the pinnacle to which all other Space Marine chapters aspire to emulate.
    Source: Character Shilling
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