Canon vs Criteria - What's the difference?
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A generally accepted principle; a rule.
* Shakespeare
(literary) A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
A member of a cathedral chapter; one who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
(fandom) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are generally considered authoritative regarding a given fictional universe.
(cookery) A rolled and filleted loin of meat.
(printing) The largest size of type with a specific name, formerly used for printing the canons of the church.
(senseid)The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
(billiards) A carom.
As nouns the difference between canon and criteria
is that canon is while criteria is .canon
English
(wikipedia canon)Noun
(en noun)- The trial must proceed according to the canons of law.
- Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon 'gainst self-slaughter.
- (turn into real quote) "the durable canon of American short fiction" — William Styron
- the entire Shakespeare canon
- We must proceed according to canon law.
- Pachelbel’s ''Canon'' has become very popular.
- A spin-off book series revealed the aliens to be originally from Earth, but it's not canon .
- a canon of beef or lamb
- (Knight)
Derived terms
* canon law * canonic * canonicity * canonical * canonise, canonize * canonisation, canonization * canonist * deuterocanonical * noncanonicalAnagrams
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Usage notes
* The word criteria'' is often treated as singular or even uncountable, but these uses are usually still considered incorrect; the standard singular form is ''criterion''. The standard and most common plural form is ''criteria''; less common is ''criterions''.http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/criterion Merriam-Webster]: "The plural ''criteria'' has been used as a singular for over half a century[http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/criterion American Heritage: "Like the analogous etymological plurals ''agenda'' and ''data'', ''criteria is widely used as a singular form. Unlike them, however, it is not yet acceptable in that use.". Many of our examples, like the two foregoing, are taken from speech. But singular ''criteria'' is not uncommon in edited prose, and its use both in speech and writing seems to be increasing. Only time will tell whether it will reach the unquestioned acceptability of ''agenda''."