attribute vs feature

attribute

verb
  • To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc. 

  • To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone. 

noun
  • That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident. 

  • A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated. 

  • An object that is considered typical of someone or some function, in particular as an artistic convention. 

  • A word that qualifies a noun. 

  • A characteristic or quality of a thing. 

  • An option or setting belonging to some object. 

feature

verb
  • To ascribe the greatest importance to something within a certain context. 

  • To appear, to make an appearance. 

  • To star, to contain. 

noun
  • An individual measurable property or characteristic of a phenomenon being observed; the input of a model. 

  • A beneficial capability of a piece of software. 

  • Any of the physical constituents of the face (eyes, nose, etc.). 

  • The act of being featured in a piece of music. 

  • Characteristic forms or shapes of parts. For example, a hole, boss, slot, cut, chamfer, or fillet. 

  • A long, prominent article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news. 

  • Something discerned from physical evidence that helps define, identify, characterize, and interpret an archeological site. 

  • An important or main item. 

  • The elements into which linguistic units can be broken down. 

  • The cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an essay; any marked peculiarity or characteristic. 

How often have the words attribute and feature occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )