Criterial and Yardstick

Criterial adjective - Serving as a basis for evaluation.

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

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

Criterial and yardstick are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Criterial" with "Yardstick", this nouns are similar.