The difference between Character and Writing

When used as nouns, character means a being involved in the action of a story, whereas writing means graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.

Character is also verb with the meaning: to write (using characters).

check bellow for the other definitions of Character and Writing

  1. Character as a noun:

    A being involved in the action of a story.

  2. Character as a noun:

    A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; phene.

    Examples:

    "(genetics) A single [[locus]] governing the petal colour character was detected on the linkage group A2."

  3. Character as a noun:

    A complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group.

    Examples:

    "A study of the suspect's character and his cast iron alibi ruled him out."

  4. Character as a noun:

    Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.

    Examples:

    "He has a great deal of character."

    "You may not like to eat liver," said Calvin's father, "but it builds character."

  5. Character as a noun:

    A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.

    Examples:

    "Julius Caesar is a great historical character."

    "That bloke is such a character."

  6. Character as a noun:

    A written or printed symbol, or letter.

  7. Character as a noun (dated):

    Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the particular form of letters used by a person or people.

    Examples:

    "an inscription in the Runic character"

  8. Character as a noun (dated):

    A secret cipher; a way of writing in code.

  9. Character as a noun (computing):

    One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.

  10. Character as a noun (informal):

    A person or individual, especially one who is unknown or raises suspicions.

    Examples:

    "We saw a shady character slinking out of the office with some papers."

  11. Character as a noun (mathematics):

    A complex number representing an element of a finite Abelian group.

  12. Character as a noun:

    Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty.

    Examples:

    "in the miserable character of a slave"

    "in his character as a magistrate"

  13. Character as a noun (dated):

    The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing; reputation.

    Examples:

    "a man's character for truth and veracity"

    "Her actions give her a bad character."

  14. Character as a noun (dated):

    A reference given to a servant, attesting to his/her behaviour, competence, etc.

  15. Character as a noun (obsolete):

    Personal appearance.

  1. Character as a verb (obsolete):

    To write (using characters); to describe.

  1. Writing as a noun (uncountable):

    Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.

  2. Writing as a noun (uncountable):

    Something written, such as a document, article or book.

  3. Writing as a noun (uncountable):

    The process of representing a language with symbols or letters.

  4. Writing as a noun (countable):

    A work of an author.

  5. Writing as a noun (countable):

    The style of writing of a person.

    Examples:

    "I can't read your writing."

  6. Writing as a noun:

    Intended for or used in writing.

    Examples:

    "a writing table"

  1. Writing as a verb:

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