different between character vs artist
character
English
Etymology
From Middle English caracter, from Old French caractere, from Latin character, from Ancient Greek ???????? (kharakt?r, “type, nature, character”), from ??????? (kharáss?, “I engrave”). Doublet of charakter.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k??(?)kt?/, /?kæ?(?)kt?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?kæ??kt?/
- Hyphenation: char?ac?ter
Noun
character (countable and uncountable, plural characters)
- (countable) A being involved in the action of a story.
- (countable) A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; phene.
- (uncountable, countable) A complex of traits marking a person, group, breed, or type.
- A man of […] thoroughly subservient character
- (uncountable) Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.
- (countable) A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.
- (countable) A written or printed symbol, or letter.
- 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech
- It were much to be wished that there were throughout the world but one sort of character for each letter to express it to the eye.
- 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech
- (countable, dated) Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the particular form of letters used by a person or people.
- (countable, dated) A secret cipher; a way of writing in code.
- (countable, computing) One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.
- (countable, informal) A person or individual, especially one who is unknown or raises suspicions.
- (countable, mathematics) A complex number representing an element of a finite Abelian group.
- (countable) Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty.
- (countable, dated) The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing; reputation.
- This subterraneous passage is much mended since Seneca gave so bad a character of it.
- (countable, dated) A reference given to a servant, attesting to their behaviour, competence, etc.
- (countable, obsolete) Personal appearance.
Usage notes
Character is sometimes used interchangeably with reputation, but the two words have different meanings; character describes the distinctive qualities of an individual or group while reputation describes the opinions held by others regarding an individual or group. Character is internal and authentic, while reputation is external and perceived.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Pages starting with “character”.
Translations
Verb
character (third-person singular simple present characters, present participle charactering, simple past and past participle charactered)
- (obsolete) To write (using characters); to describe.
See also
- codepoint
- font
- glyph
- letter
- symbol
- rune
- pictogram
Latin
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek ???????? (kharakt?r).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /k?a?rak.ter/, [k?ä??äkt??r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka?rak.ter/, [k????kt??r]
Noun
character m (genitive charact?ris); third declension
- branding iron
- brand (made by a branding iron)
- characteristic, mark, character, style
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
- Hungarian: karakter
- Galician: caritel; ? carácter
- Irish: carachtar
- Italian: carattere
- Old French: caractere
- ? English: character
- French: caractère
- Polish: charakter
- ? Russian: ????????? (xarákter)
- Portuguese: caractere, carácter
- Sicilian: caràttiri
- Spanish: carácter
References
- character in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- character in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- character in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Portuguese
Noun
character m (plural characteres)
- Obsolete spelling of caráter (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).
character From the web:
- what characteristics
- what character are you
- what characterizes static stretching
- what character do i look like
- what character from the office are you
- what character is this
- what characteristics do bureaucracies share
- what characters are in jump force
artist
English
Etymology
From French artiste, from Late Latin artista, from ars (“art”). Doublet of artiste. Displaced native Old English cræftiga.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???t?st/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???.t?st/
- Rhymes: -??(?)t?st
Noun
artist (plural artists)
- A person who creates art.
- A person who creates art as an occupation.
- A person who is skilled at some activity.
- A recording artist.
Derived terms
(a person who creates art):
(a person who is skilled at some activity):
Related terms
- art
- artisan
- artiste
- artistic
Hyponyms
(a person who creates art):
- See Category:en:Artists.
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ?????? (?tisuto)
Translations
Adjective
artist (comparative more artist, superlative most artist)
- (archaic) Artistic.
- , vol.1, ch.24:
- Nature, to shew that nothing is savage in whatsoever she produceth, causeth oftentimes, even in rudest and most unarted nations, productions of spirits to arise, that confront and wrestle with the most artist productions.
- , vol.1, ch.24:
Anagrams
- Rattis, Strait, atrist, ittars, star it, strait, strati, traits
Albanian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin artista or French artiste, ultimately from Latin ars.
Noun
artist m (indefinite plural artistë, definite singular artisti, definite plural artistët)
- artist (all senses)
Declension
Azerbaijani
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?r?tist]
- Hyphenation: ar?tist
Noun
artist (definite accusative artisti, plural artistl?r)
- actor, performer
Declension
Derived terms
- artistlik
Friulian
Etymology
From Late Latin artista (“artist”), from ars (“art”).
Noun
artist m (plural artiscj)
- artist
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From French artiste
Noun
artist m (definite singular artisten, indefinite plural artister, definite plural artistene)
- an artist (performer)
References
- “artist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From French artiste
Noun
artist m (definite singular artisten, indefinite plural artistar, definite plural artistane)
- an artist (performer)
References
- “artist” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
From French artiste
Noun
artist m (plural arti?ti)
- artist
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (Bosnia, Serbia): àrtista
Etymology
From French artiste, from Latin artista.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?rtist/
- Hyphenation: ar?tist
Noun
àrtist m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)
- artist
Declension
References
- “artist” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
artist c
- singer
- performer
Declension
Anagrams
- ritats, trista
artist From the web:
- what artist created this engraving
- what artist has the most hits
- what artist painted the image below
- what artist is depicted in the image above
- what artist has the most grammys
- what artist has the most albums
- what artist has sold the most albums
- what artist painted the image above
you may also like
- character vs artist
- setting vs character
- character vs skill
- character vs characterized
- character vs technology
- kneel vs nil
- kneel vs worship
- knelt vs kneel
- prostrate vs kneel
- kneel vs grovel
- kneel vs swell
- kneel vs squat
- kneel vs knevel
- kneel vs kneelo
- kneel vs kneen
- nil vs noa
- noah vs noa
- nka vs noa
- noma vs noa
- noa vs noh