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Characteristic vs Extroversion - What's the difference?

characteristic | extroversion |

As nouns the difference between characteristic and extroversion

is that characteristic is a distinguishable feature of a person or thing while extroversion is (psychology) concern with or an orientation toward others or what is outside oneself; behavior expressing such an orientation; the definitive characteristic of an extrovert.

As a adjective characteristic

is being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing.

characteristic

English

(wikipedia characteristic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing.
  • * , chapter=12
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion […] such talk had been distressingly out of place.}}

    Synonyms

    * distinctive * exclusive * idiosyncratic * indicative * representative * signature * specific * typical

    Antonyms

    * uncharacteristic * untypical

    Derived terms

    * characteristic function * characteristicness

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a distinguishable feature of a person or thing
  • (mathematics) the integer part of a logarithm
  • (nautical) the distinguishing features of a navigational light on a lighthouse etc by which it can be identified (colour, pattern of flashes etc)
  • (algebra, field theory) The minimum number of times that the unit of a field must be added unto itself in order to yield that field's zero, or, if that minimum natural number does not exist, then (the integer) zero.
    • A field's characteristic, if non-zero, must be a prime number.

    Synonyms

    * attribute * idiosyncrasy * mannerism * quality * tendency * trademark * trait * See also

    Derived terms

    * defining characteristic

    Related terms

    * characteristically

    See also

    * mantissa

    External links

    * *

    extroversion

    English

    Alternative forms

    * extraversion

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (psychology) Concern with or an orientation toward others or what is outside oneself; behavior expressing such an orientation; the definitive characteristic of an extrovert.
  • * 1999 , , "‘The Dead’: a Musical That Dares to be Quiet," New York Times , 29 Oct.:
    • In a genre characterized by brassy extroversion , The Dead is a quiet revolutionary: a musical that dares to be diffident.
  • The condition of being extrorse, or turned wrong side out.
    • extroversion of the bladder
    (Dunglison)

    Synonyms

    * (concern with or an orientation toward others) sociability

    Antonyms

    * (concern with or an orientation toward others) introversion