choose vs pass judgment

choose and pass judgment both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
choose	No	No	Yes	No
pass judgment	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, pass judgment is a hypernym of choose; that is, pass judgment is a word with a broader meaning than choose:

choose: see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way
pass judgment: form a critical opinion of

Other hypernyms of choose include evaluate, judge.

choose (verb)	pass judgment (verb)
pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives	form a critical opinion of
see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way
select as an alternative over another