Step‐like or Hurwicz‐like ordered weighted averaging (OWA) (S‐H OWA) operators connect two fundamental OWA operators, step OWA operators and Hurwicz OWA operators. S‐H OWA operators also generalize them and some other well‐know OWA operators such as median and centered OWA operators. Generally, there are two types of determination methods for S‐H OWA operators: One is from the motivation of some existed mathematical results; the other is by a set of “nonstrict” definitions and often via some intermediate elements. For the second type, in this study we define two sets of strict definitions for Hurwitz/step degree, which are more effective and necessary for theoretical studies and practical usages. Both sets of definitions are useful in different situations. In addition, they are based on the same concept moment of OWA operators proposed in this study, and therefore they become identical in limit forms. However, the Hurwicz/step degree (HD/SD) puts more concerns on its numerical measure and physical meaning, whereas the relative Hurwicz/step degree (rHD/rSD), still being accurate numerically, sometimes is more reasonable intuitively and has larger potential in further studies and practical applications.