characterize
- sense 1: describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of; "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover"
- qualify characterize characterise
- sense 2: be characteristic of; "What characterizes a Venetian painting?"
- characterize characterise
- distinguish mark differentiate
- qualify characterize characterise