Indices vs Criteria - What's the difference?
indices | criteria |
* 1972 , American Society for Metals, Materials Science and Engineering , volumes 9–10,
* 1976 , Sidney Heath, The Romance of Symbolism and Its Relation to Church Ornament and Architecture ,
* 1989 , TAPPI Journal , volume 72,
* 1999 , Institute of Oriental Studies of the Saint-Petersburg Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Manuscripta Orientalia: International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research , volume 5,
* 2000 , Russian Language Journal , volume 54, issues 177–179,
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As nouns the difference between indices and criteria
is that indices is while criteria is .indices
English
Noun
(head)- The subscript numbers after each element are the indices of that element.
- A common convention in computing is to have indices''' beginning at zero, whereas in mathematics '''indices usually begin at one.
page 67(Elsevier Sequoia)
- To locate any term, and to facilitate use of the dictionary by a national of any of the three languages, alphabetical indices are appended in English, French and German.
page 98(Gale Research Co.; ISBN 0810343029, 9780810343023)
- Perhaps the feature which most contributes to making this a valuable reference book is the appendices and indices which are an integral part of the guide.
page 204(Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry)
- Alphabetical indices of the terms in the other languages are given at the end of the book.
page 71(THESA)
- The dictionary’s four indices are helpful when searching terms. These are: Hanyu Pinyin System Index; Four-Corner System Index; Radical Index; and Japanese Reading System Index.
page 295(Michigan State University, Department of German & Russian)
- Its word indices makes(sic) finding individual words easy.
Usage notes
* Both plurals are in common use. The OED claims that when referring to a directory listing, the plural indexes should be used.Anagrams
* ----criteria
English
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''."