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Brackish vs Standing - What's the difference?

brackish | standing |

As adjectives the difference between brackish and standing

is that brackish is (of water) salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries while standing is erect, not cut down.

As a verb standing is

; in the process of coming to an upright position.

As a noun standing is

position or reputation in society or a profession: "he does not have much of a standing as a chemist ".

brackish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (of water) Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries.
  • * 1638 Herbert, Sir Thomas Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique
    • ...by a low cour?e and too long ?porting with the briny Ocean it ta?ts bracki?h and in?alubrious...
  • * 1992, , Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 4.
    • On all sides a powerful brackish marshland odor, the odor of damp, and decay, and black earth, black water.
  • * 2004, , Random House.
    • The water we took on at Chatham Isle is now brackish & without a dash of brandy in it, my stomach rebels.
  • ; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste. (rfex)
  • (rfex)

    • Derived terms

    * brackishness

    standing

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • ; in the process of coming to an upright position.
  • * 1991 ,
    • So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before'' or ''after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Erect, not cut down.
  • Performed from an erect position.
    • standing ovation
  • Remaining in force or status.
    • standing committee
  • Stagnant; not moving or flowing.
    • standing water
  • Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting.
    • a standing colour
  • Not movable; fixed.
    • a standing bed, distinguished from a trundle-bed
    the standing rigging of a ship

    Translations

    (upright) * German: (trans-mid) * Spanish: (trans-bottom) (permanent) * German: (trans-mid) * Spanish: (trans-bottom) (water) * German: (trans-mid) * Spanish: (trans-bottom)

    Derived terms

    * standing joke * standing order * standing ovation * standing seam * standing wave

    Antonyms

    * (stagnant) moving, working (committees )

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Position or reputation in society or a profession: "He does not have much of a standing as a chemist ".
  • Duration.
    • a member of long standing
  • The act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands.
    • I will provide you a good standing to see his entry. — Francis Bacon.
    I think in deep mire, where there is no standing . — Psalms lxix. 2.
  • (sports) The position of a team in a league or of a player in a list: "After their last win, their standing went up three places ".
  • (British) room in which to park a vehicle or vehicles
  • * 1992 , P.D. James, The Children of Men , page 28:
    • "There was no garage at Lathbury Road, but we had standing for two cars in front of the house."
  • * 2000 , Bob Breen, Mission Accomplished, East Timor , page 149:
    • "The engineering crisis boiled down to roads, hard standing , and waste."
  • (legal) The right of a party to bring a legal action, based on the relationship between that party and the matter to which the action relates.
    • He may be insulting, a miserable rotter and a fool, but unless he slanders or libels you, or damages your property, you do not have standing to sue him.

    Derived terms

    * class standing * hard standing * good standing

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