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I have read a question below:
+ Lions and tigers belong to the cat family because they have the same appearance and _______.
A. characters B. characteristics
The answer is B. However, I think A is also right because it means the qualities and features that make them different from others.
Is it also right if A is used in this sentence?

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I have read a question below:
+ Lions and tigers belong to the cat family because they have the same appearance and _______.
A. characters B. characteristics
The answer is B. However, I think A is also right because it means the qualities and features that make them different from others.
Is it also right if A is used in this sentence?

Thanks in advance for your help.

I disagree with you. While lions and tigers are not the same, they share characteristics, not characters. I also disagree about "the same appearance". Lions and tigers look nothing alike.
 

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I also disagree about "the same appearance". Lions and tigers look nothing alike.
Yes, they do. They both look like cats. I agree that they don't have "the same appearance", or you couldn't tell them apart.

@OP. What does it mean when a sentence starts with '+'?
 

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Yes, they do. They both look like cats. I agree that they don't have "the same appearance", or you couldn't tell them apart.

@OP. What does it mean when a sentence starts with '+'?

A domestic short hair is also a cat.
 

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A domestic short hair is also a cat.
Get outta town!
Sometimes a domestic short hair's fur smells sweet, as opposed to lions and tigers, but I guess you wouldn't accept that.
 

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Get outta town!
Sometimes a domestic short hair's fur smells sweet, as opposed to lions and tigers, but I guess you wouldn't know about that.

LOL! Does the "sweet" smell remind you of rotting corpses?
 

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@OP. What does it mean when a sentence starts with '+'?
'+' is only a sign like "-" I use at the beginning of a sentence.

Thanks a lot for all your explanation.
 

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'+' is only a sign like "-" I use at the beginning of a sentence.

Thanks a lot for all your explanation.
Why not use the conventional English way to begin a quoted sentence: a double quote mark, ".
 

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LOL! Does the "sweet" smell remind you of rotting corpses?
Not at all. I'm just explaining some of the difference between various types of cat. But you're a vet; you should know all this.
 

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Not at all. I'm just explaining some of the difference between various types of cat. But you're a vet; you should know all this.

I was just kidding with you. ;-)
 
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