Perseus missile  Description or Characteristics Your lack of English comprehension is appalling Your edit summary reads the section here describes the missile not just lists its characteristics Standard way of naming sections on similar articles Also i would be happy to compare GRE scores You are making this oh so easy for me but for your benefit I will simplify things by hypothetically replacing the missile with a person If I were to describe a person  perhaps on a police report  what would it entail Height weight hair and eye colour age Yes but I may also go on to describe the persons observable behavior actions and tone of voice etc to the best of my ability This is a fairly standard example of what would fit a description   The articles original sub heading  Characteristics  encompasses a more diverse and flexible approach to the subject for example distinctive features or a distinguishing quality unique to that particular missile or person It goes more indepth a wider representation of the subject However as defining Characteristics are very descriptive in nature it is easy and common these days to make mistakes just as you have clearly made the mistake of getting muddled with the correct use of description and characteristics as represent by your edit summary  Difference between a description and a characteristic Description He is tall ft  Characteristic It is his height of ft  that distinguishes him   For a non native English speaker it can be difficult   Brush up on your English skills before making a fool of your self or edit Wikipedia in your own language