CHARACTERISTIC /ˌkærəktəˈrɪstɪk/ noun [countable] = a quality or feature of something or someone that is typical of them and easy to recognize
characteristic of
• One of the most fundamental characteristics of a programming language is the set of types it supports.
• The way that variables work is another fundamental characteristic of any programming language.
• We found the nine common characteristics of all the world's long-lived people.
FEATURE /ˈfiːtʃə/ noun [countable] = a part of something that you notice because it seems important, interesting, or typical
• Samsung to include wireless charging as standard feature in newest phone
• Features common to all rooms: queen sized beds, balcony, Overhead fans, Heating, Small refrigerator, ecc
• In the early days of the Web, browsers added features like the ability to open, move, and resize windows and to script the browser’s status line.
FLAVOR /ˈfleɪvər/ noun = a quality or feature that makes something have a particular style or character.
• There are many options and flavors to the SELECT statement in SQL, so we will introduce its features gradually.
• A story with regional flavour.
FACILITY (noun) plural facilities = a special feature that simplifies work or help an activity. [= a convenience]
to have/lack facilities for doing something
• In ECMAScript, each function call has its own execution context. Whenever code execution flows into a function, the function’s context is pushed onto a context stack. After the function has finished executing, the stack is popped, returning control to the previously executing context. This facility controls execution flow throughout an ECMAScript program.
• SQL has facilities for defining views on the database, for specifying security and authorization, for defining integrity constraints, and for specifying transaction controls.
TO CHARACTERIZE = to describe the qualities of someone or something in a particular [=portray]
characterize somebody as (being) something
• The construction of the purchase order schema may be characterized as elements containing subelements, and the deepest subelements contain character data.
