charact

As nouns the difference between characteristic and charact

is that characteristic is a distinguishable feature of a person or thing while charact is a letter or character.

As an adjective characteristic

is being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing.

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between charact and caract

is that charact is (obsolete) a letter or character while caract is (obsolete) a magical symbol.

As nouns the difference between charact and caract

is that charact is (obsolete) a letter or character while caract is (obsolete) a mark or sign.