Framework vs Criteria - What's the difference?
framework | criteria |
(literally) The arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size.
(figuratively) The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.
(figuratively, especially in, computing) A basic conceptual structure.
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(literally) The identification and categorisation of processes or steps that constitute a complex task or mindset in order to render explicit the tacit and implicit.
As nouns the difference between framework and criteria
is that framework is software framework while criteria is .framework
English
(wikipedia framework)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair.}}
- These ‘three principles of connexion’ comprise the framework of principles in Hume's account of the association of ideas.
Derived terms
* architectural framework * framework agreement * software frameworkcriteria
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''."