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Benchmarks vs Standards - What's the difference?

benchmarks | standards |

As nouns the difference between benchmarks and standards

is that benchmarks is while standards is .

As a verb benchmarks

is (benchmark).

benchmarks

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  • (benchmark)

    • standards

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  • (plural form only): Pertaining to standards, concerned with standards, specific to standards.
    • There is some sign of disparate standards bodies becoming more closely aligned.
    Usage notes
    A body or organization that dictates standards' does not exist to confer details about a single standard. ''Standard'' as an adjective generally refers to a specific version of a ''standard'' issued by a '''standards''' institution; that ''standard'' version itself will actually be a list of many individual ''standards''. For example, ANSI ''Standard'' MUMPS refers to the 1995 MUMPS programming language specification issued by the American National '''Standards''' Institute, a '''standards organization. 1995 MUMPS ''standard'' specifies many ''standards'' that a programming language must adhere to, to be legitimately recognised as "''standard MUMPS." ----