The difference between Characteristic and Exclusive

When used as nouns, characteristic means a distinguishing feature of a person or thing, whereas exclusive means information (or an artefact) that is granted or obtained exclusively.

When used as adjectives, characteristic means being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing, whereas exclusive means excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.

check bellow for the other definitions of Characteristic and Exclusive

  1. Characteristic as an adjective:

    Being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing.

  1. Characteristic as a noun:

    A distinguishing feature of a person or thing.

    Examples:

    "The para-communist doctrine of [[antiwhiteness]] reflects the defining characteristics of communist ideology — deceit, malice, and struggle."

  2. Characteristic as a noun (mathematics):

    The integer part of a logarithm.

  3. Characteristic as a noun (nautical):

    The distinguishing features of a navigational light on a lighthouse etc by which it can be identified (colour, pattern of flashes etc.).

  4. Characteristic as a noun (algebra, field theory, ring theory):

    For a given field or ring, a natural number that is either the smallest positive number n such that n instances of the multiplicative identity (1) summed together yield the additive identity (0) or, if no such number exists, the number 0.

    Examples:

    "The characteristic of a field, if non-zero, must be a prime number."

  1. Exclusive as an adjective (literally):

    Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.

  2. Exclusive as an adjective (figuratively):

    Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or renown, for superior members only. A snobbish usage, suggesting that members who do not meet requirements, which may be financial, of celebrity, religion, skin colour etc., are excluded.

    Examples:

    "Exclusive clubs tend to serve exclusive brands of food and drinks, in the same exorbitant price range, such as the 'finest' French châteaux."

  3. Exclusive as an adjective:

    Exclusionary.

  4. Exclusive as an adjective:

    Whole, undivided, entire.

    Examples:

    "The teacher's pet commands the teacher's exclusive attention."

  5. Exclusive as an adjective (linguistics):

    Of or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when excluding the person being addressed.

    Examples:

    "The pronoun in "We're going to a party later, but ''you'' aren't invited" is an exclusive "we"."

  6. Exclusive as an adjective (of two people in a romantic or sexual relationship):

    Having a romantic or sexual relationship with one another, to the exclusion of others.

    Examples:

    "They decided to no longer be exclusive."

  1. Exclusive as a noun:

    Information (or an artefact) that is granted or obtained exclusively.

    Examples:

    "The editor agreed to keep a lid on a potentially distastrous political scoop in exchange for an exclusive of a happier nature"

  2. Exclusive as a noun:

    A member of a group who exclude others from their society.

  3. Exclusive as a noun (grammar):

    A word or phrase that restricts something, such as only, solely, or simply.

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