different between criterion vs differentia
criterion
English
Alternative forms
- criteria (nonstandard)
- criterium
Etymology
From New Latin criterion, from Ancient Greek ????????? (krit?rion, “a test, a means of judging”), from ?????? (krit?s, “judge”), from ????? (krín?, “to judge”); see critic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?a??t???i.?n/, /k???t???i.?n/
- Rhymes: -??i?n
Noun
criterion (plural criteria)
- A standard or test by which individual things or people may be compared and judged.
Usage notes
- The plural form criterions also exists, but is much less common.
- The form criteria is sometimes used as a nonstandard singular form (as in a criteria, this criteria, and so on), with corresponding plural form criterias. In this use, it sometimes means “a single criterion”, sometimes “a set of criteria”.
Related terms
- criterial
- crisis
- critic
- criticize
- critical
Translations
Further reading
- criterion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- criterion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- tricerion
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????????? (krit?rion).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kri?te.ri.on/, [k???t???i?n]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kri?te.ri.on/, [k?i?t????i?n]
Noun
criterion n (genitive criteri?); second declension
- criterion
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).
Descendants
- ? Catalan: criteri
- ? Dutch: criterium
- ? English: criterion
- ? German: Kriterium
- ? Italian: criterio
- ? Spanish: criterio
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differentia
English
Etymology
From Latin differentia. Doublet of difference.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d?f????n???/
Noun
differentia (plural differentiae)
- (semantics, logic, taxonomy) A distinguishing feature which marks a species off from other members of the same genus.
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 38:
- That character, it seems to me, should be regarded as the practically important differentia of religion for our purpose.
- 2017, Kory Stamper, Word By Word, Vintage 2018, p. 116:
- In the case of a word like “surfboard,” the differentiae seem pretty clear. How is this board different from all other boards?
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 38:
See also
- criterion
- definiendum
Interlingua
Noun
differentia (plural differentias)
- difference
Latin
Etymology
From differ? (“I am different”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /dif.fe?ren.ti.a/, [d??f?????n?t?iä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /dif.fe?ren.t?si.a/, [d?if?????nt??s?i?]
Noun
differentia f (genitive differentiae); first declension
- difference
- diversity
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
Participle
differentia
- nominative neuter plural of differ?ns
- accusative neuter plural of differ?ns
- vocative neuter plural of differ?ns
References
- differentia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- differentia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- differentia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- differentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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- what differentiates one element from another
- what differentiates one amino acid from another
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