Focus and Yardstick

Focus

Focus noun - A guiding or motivating purpose or principle.
Usage example: a wildlife conservation organization that seems to have lost its focus

Yardstick and focus are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Yardstick" instead a noun "Focus".

Nearby Words: focused, focal, focusing

Yardstick

Yardstick noun - Something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared.
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Synonyms for Yardstick

Focus and yardstick are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Focus" instead a noun "Yardstick".

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How words are described

good good focus good yardstick
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