The difference between Criterion and Differentia
When used as nouns, criterion means a standard or test by which individual things or people may be compared and judged, whereas differentia means a distinguishing feature which marks a species off from other members of the same genus.
check bellow for the other definitions of Criterion and Differentia
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Criterion as a noun:
A standard or test by which individual things or people may be compared and judged.
Examples:
"'Criterion of choice, of decision, of selection"
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Differentia as a noun (semantics, logic, taxonomy):
A distinguishing feature which marks a species off from other members of the same genus.