character vs mortal

character

noun
  • A person or individual, especially one who is unknown. 

  • Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength. 

  • A complex number representing an element of a finite Abelian group. 

  • A being involved in the action of a story. 

  • Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty. 

  • One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character. 

  • A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; phene. 

  • A complex of traits marking a person, group, breed, or type. 

  • A written or printed symbol, or letter. 

  • A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma. 

mortal

noun
  • A human; someone susceptible to death. 

adj
  • Human; belonging or pertaining to people who are mortal. 

  • Of or relating to the time of death. 

  • Punishable by death. 

  • Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly. 

  • Very painful or tedious; wearisome. 

  • Susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound; not immortal. 

  • Causing death; deadly, fatal, killing, lethal (now only of wounds, injuries etc.). 

  • Of a sin: involving the penalty of spiritual death, rather than merely venial. 

  • Very drunk. 

  • Fatally vulnerable. 

adv
  • Mortally; enough to cause death. 

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