Characteristic and Tendency

Characteristic

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

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Tendency and characteristic are semantically related. in trait topic. In some cases you can use "Tendency" instead a noun "Characteristic".

Tendency noun - An established pattern of behavior.

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Characteristic and tendency are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Characteristic" instead a noun "Tendency".

known	known characteristic	known tendency
human	human characteristic	human tendency
good	good characteristic	good tendency
high	high characteristic	high tendency
Other adjectives: physical, notable, particular, similar, usual, common, natural, certain, many, distinct, definite, real, great, general, unusual, recurring, higher.

A common characteristic of blade-wielding evildoers is their tendency to lick their weapons, whether clean or bloodied, as if their weapon was a cherry-flavored popsicle of non-diabetic death.

Source: Licking the Blade
Explanation Nanoha's tendency for There Is No Kill Like Overkill is her most easily-recognised characteristic and prone to heavy Flanderization, to the point where her detonating a planet is not found to be unusual.

Source: Memes / Anime
This allowed users to top off their ammo without having to remove the magazine, but it also gave it a tendency to jam with the slightest amount of dirt, an undesirable characteristic in the mud and grime of the Pacific Theater.

Source: Reliably Unreliable Guns

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