Characteristic and Use

Characteristic

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

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

Use noun - The act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose.

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

Nearby Words: useless, useful, used, usefulness, using

human	human characteristic	human use
good	good characteristic	good use
notable	notable characteristic	notable use
particular	particular characteristic	particular use
Other adjectives: similar, usual, common, single, prominent, obvious, real, great, main, general, primary, different.

Inexplicably, she and Shinra use Dual Shock controllers instead of SNES characteristic "dogbones".

Source: Light Novel / Durarara!!
You have four points for one characteristic, three for two others, two for two more... and the sixth characteristic gets a zero, meaning you can never use it.

Source: Fatal Flaw
Penny Arcade calls out Grandia III's use of the trope here, with characteristic bluntness.

Source: Visible Silence

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