Exemplar vs Criterion - What's the difference?
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Something fit to be imitated; see ideal and model.
A role model.
Something typical or representative of a class; see example.
A pattern after which others should be made; see archetype.
A well known usage of a scientific theory.
A handwritten manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original copy of what gets multiply reproduced in a copy machine.
A copy of a book or writing.
(obsolete) Exemplary.
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*:in our age we have no patterne of motherly affection more exemplare , than yours.
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A standard or test by which individual things or people may be compared and judged.
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Exemplar is a related term of criterion.
As nouns the difference between exemplar and criterion
is that exemplar is exemplar while criterion is a standard or test by which individual things or people may be compared and judged.exemplar
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(wikipedia exemplar)Etymology 1
From (etyl) exemplaire, from exemplarium, from (etyl) exemplum.Noun
(en noun)- (Udall)
Synonyms
* See also * See alsoEtymology 2
From (etyl) exemplaire, and its source, (etyl) .Adjective
(en adjective)criterion
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Alternative forms
* (nonstandard) * criteriumNoun
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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?}}