feature vs mannerism

feature

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

  • 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.). 

  • 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. 

verb
  • To appear, to make an appearance. 

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

  • To star, to contain. 

mannerism

noun
  • Exaggerated or affected style in art, speech, or other behavior. 

  • In fine art, a style that is inspired by previous models, aiming to reproduce subjects in an expressive language. 

  • A noticeable personal habit, a verbal or other (often, but not necessarily unconscious) habitual behavior peculiar to an individual. 

  • In literature, an ostentatious and unnatural style of the second half of the sixteenth century. In the contemporary criticism, described as a negation of the classicist equilibrium, pre-Baroque, and deforming expressiveness. 

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