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.


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  1. 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"

  1. Differentia as a noun (semantics, logic, taxonomy):

    A distinguishing feature which marks a species off from other members of the same genus.

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