characterization

As nouns the difference between characterization and description

is that characterization is the act or process of characterizing while description is a sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.

As nouns the difference between characterization and intension

is that characterization is the act or process of characterizing while intension is intensity or the act of becoming intense .

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and characterization

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while characterization is the act or process of characterizing.

As nouns the difference between attribute and characterization

is that attribute is a characteristic or quality of a thing while characterization is the act or process of characterizing.

As a verb attribute

is to ascribe (something) {{term|to}} a given cause, reason etc.

Characterization is a related term of mischaracterization.

As nouns the difference between characterization and mischaracterization

is that characterization is the act or process of characterizing while mischaracterization is the act of characterizing something in an inaccurate or misleading way.