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Charactery vs Characters - What's the difference?

charactery | characters |

As nouns the difference between charactery and characters

is that charactery is (obsolete) the art or means of characterizing; a system of signs or characters; symbolism; distinctive mark while characters is .

charactery

English

Noun

(characteries)
  • (obsolete) The art or means of characterizing; a system of signs or characters; symbolism; distinctive mark.
    • Fairies use flowers for their charactery . — Shakespeare.
  • *1818 , John Keats,
  • *:When I have fears that I may cease to be
  • *:Before my pen has glean'd my teeming brain,
  • *:Before high piled books, in charact`ry ,
  • *:Hold like rich garners the full ripen'd grain;
  • (obsolete) That which is charactered; the meaning.
    • I will construe to thee / All the charactery of my sad brows. — Shakespeare.
    (Webster 1913)

    characters

    English

    Noun

    (head)