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Criterion vs Theorem - What's the difference?

criterion | theorem |

As nouns the difference between criterion and theorem

is that criterion is a standard or test by which individual things or people may be compared and judged while theorem is theorem.

criterion

English

Alternative forms

* (nonstandard) * criterium

Noun

(criteria)
  • A standard or test by which individual things or people may be compared and judged.
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    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

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    Anagrams

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    theorem

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mathematics) A mathematical statement of some importance that has been proven to be true. Minor theorems are often called propositions''. Theorems which are not very interesting in themselves but are an essential part of a bigger theorem's proof are called ''lemmas
  • (mathematics, colloquial, nonstandard) A mathematical statement that is expected to be true; as, (as which it was known long before it was proved in the 1990s.)
  • (logic) a syntactically correct expression that is deducible from the given axioms of a deductive system

    • Synonyms

    * (proven statement): lemma, proposition, statement * (unproven statement): conjecture * See also

    Holonyms

    * theory

    Derived terms

    * central limit theorem * Pythagorean theorem * binomial theorem * * intercept theorem

    Related terms

    * theoretical * theory

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to formulate into a theorem

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