standard of measurement vs criterion

standard of measurement and criterion both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
standard of measurement	Yes	No	No	No
criterion	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, criterion is a hypernym of standard of measurement; that is, criterion is a word with a broader meaning than standard of measurement:

standard of measurement: accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared
criterion: a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated

Other hypernyms of standard of measurement include measure, standard, touchstone.

standard of measurement (noun)	criterion (noun)
accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared	the ideal in terms of which something can be judged
	a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated

standard of measurement vs criterion

standard of measurement and criterion both are nouns.

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