Criterion vs Qualification - What's the difference?
criterion | qualification |
A standard or test by which individual things or people may be compared and judged.
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, title= A clause or condition which qualifies something; a modification, a limitation.
The act or process of qualifying for a position, achievement etc.
(obsolete) A quality or attribute.
*1714 , (Bernard Mandeville), The Fable of the Bees :
*:To shew, that these Qualfications , which we all pretend to be asham'd of, are the great support of a flourishing Society has been the subject of the foregoing Poem.
An ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something; specifically, completed professional training.
As nouns the difference between criterion and qualification
is that criterion is a standard or test by which individual things or people may be compared and judged while qualification is a clause or condition which qualifies something; a modification, a limitation.criterion
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Alternative forms
* (nonstandard) * criteriumNoun
(criteria)Letters: Say it as simply as possible, passage=Congratulations on managing to use the phrase “preponderant criterion ” in a chart (“
On your marks”, November 9th). Was this the work of a kakorrhaphiophobic journalist set a challenge by his colleagues, or simply an example of glossolalia?}}
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”.External links
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* English nouns with irregular plurals ----qualification
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(wikipedia qualification)Noun
(en noun)- I accept your offer, but with the following qualification .
- Qualification for this organization is extraordinarily difficult.
- What are your qualifications for this job?