different between trend vs character

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd

Etymology 1

From Middle English trenden "to roll about, turn, revolve", from Old English trendan "to roll about, turn, revolve" from Proto-Germanic *trandijan? (“to revolve”). Cognate with Dutch trent (“circumference”). Akin to Old English trinde "ball", Old English tryndel "circle, ring". More at trindle, trundle.

Noun

trend (plural trends)

1. An inclination in a particular direction.
2. A tendency.

3. A fad or fashion style.
4. (mathematics) A line drawn on a graph that approximates the trend of a number of disparate points.
5. (nautical) The lower end of the shank of an anchor, being the same distance on the shank from the throat that the arm measures from the throat to the bill.
6. (nautical) The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor.

Derived terms

• downtrend
• uptrend

Translations

Verb

trend (third-person singular simple present trends, present participle trending, simple past and past participle trended)

1. (intransitive) To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend.
2. (transitive) To cause to turn; to bend.
   • 1613, William Browne, Britannia's Pastorals

     Not far beneath i' the valley as she trends / Her silver stream.

3. (Internet, intransitive, informal) To be the subject of a trend; to be currently popular, relevant or interesting.

Derived terms

• betrend
• trendy

Translations

Etymology 2

Compare German trennen (“to separate”).

Noun

trend (uncountable)

1. (Britain, dialect, dated) Clean wool.

Verb

trend (third-person singular simple present trends, present participle trending, simple past and past participle trended)

1. To cleanse or clean (something, usually wool).

References

Anagrams

• entr'd

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English trend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tr?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

trend f (plural trends, diminutive trendje n)

1. trend, tendency

Derived terms

• groeitrend
• trendbreuk
• trendgroei
• trendlijn
• trendmatig
• trendy

Hungarian

Etymology

From English trend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?tr?nd]
• Rhymes: -?nd

Noun

trend

1. trend

Declension

References

Italian

Noun

trend m (invariable)

1. trend

   Synonym: tendenza

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English trend

Noun

trend m (definite singular trenden, indefinite plural trender, definite plural trendene)

1. a trend

Related terms

• tendens
• trendy

References

• “trend” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English trend

Noun

trend m (definite singular trenden, indefinite plural trendar, definite plural trendane)

1. a trend

Related terms

• tendens
• trendy

References

• “trend” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From English trend, from Middle English trenden (“to roll about, turn, revolve”), from Old English trendan (“to roll about, turn, revolve”), from Proto-Germanic *trandijan? (“to revolve”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tr?nt/

Noun

trend m inan

1. trend (fad)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) trendowy

Related terms

• (adjective) trendy

Further reading

• trend in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• trend in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English trend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trênd/

Noun

tr?nd m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. trend

Declension

Swedish

Noun

trend c

1. a trend

Declension

Turkish

Etymology

From English trend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??nd/

Noun

trend (definite accusative trendi, plural trendler)

1. trend

Declension

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)

1. (countable) A being involved in the action of a story.
2. (countable) A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; phene.

3. (uncountable, countable) A complex of traits marking a person, group, breed, or type.

   • A man of […] thoroughly subservient character

4. (uncountable) Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.

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

6. (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.

7. (countable, dated) Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the particular form of letters used by a person or people.
8. (countable, dated) A secret cipher; a way of writing in code.
9. (countable, computing) One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.
10. (countable, informal) A person or individual, especially one who is unknown or raises suspicions.

11. (countable, mathematics) A complex number representing an element of a finite Abelian group.
12. (countable) Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty.

13. (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.

14. (countable, dated) A reference given to a servant, attesting to their behaviour, competence, etc.
15. (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)

1. (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

1. branding iron
2. brand (made by a branding iron)
3. 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)

1. Obsolete spelling of caráter (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).