Stipulation vs Criteria - What's the difference?
stipulation | criteria |
The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.
Something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement.
(botany) The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.
As nouns the difference between stipulation and criteria
is that stipulation is the act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement while criteria is .stipulation
English
Noun
(en noun)- The stipulations of the contract won't allow you to do that.
- If I lend you my car, my only stipulation is that you fill up the gas tank before returning it.
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''."