Standard vs Popular - What's the difference?
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A principle or example or measure used for comparison.
# A level of quality or attainment.
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# Something used as a measure for comparative evaluations; a model.
#* (Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)
#* (Edmund Burke) (1729-1797)
# A musical work of established popularity.
# A rule or set of rules or requirements which are widely agreed upon or imposed by government.
# The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established for coinage.
#* (John Arbuthnot) (1667-1735)
# A bottle of wine containing 0.750 liters of fluid.
A vertical pole with something at its apex.
# An object supported in an upright position, such as a .
#* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, chapter=Foreword, title= # The flag or ensign carried by a military unit.
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# One of the upright members that supports the horizontal axis of a transit or theodolite.
# Any upright support, such as one of the poles of a scaffold.
# A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis.
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# The sheth of a plough.
A manual transmission vehicle.
(botany) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.
(shipbuilding) An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
A large drinking cup.
Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.
(of a tree or shrub) Growing on an erect stem of full height.
Having recognized excellence or authority.
Of a usable or serviceable grade or quality.
(not comparable, of a motor vehicle) Having a manual transmission.
As normally supplied (not optional).
Common among the general public; generally accepted.
* 2007 , Joe Queenan, The Guardian , 23 Aug 2007:
(legal) Concerning the people; public.
Pertaining to or deriving from the people or general public.
* 1594 , (Richard Hooker), Preface :
* 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 645:
* 2009 , Graham Smith, The Guardian , letter, 27 May 2009:
(obsolete) Of low birth, not noble; vulgar, plebian.
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*:Popular and shallow-headed mindes, cannot perceive the grace or comelinesse, nor judge of a smooth and quaint discourse.
Aimed at ordinary people, as opposed to specialists etc.; intended for general consumption.
* 2009 , ‘Meltdown’, The Economist , 8 Apr 2009:
(obsolete) Cultivating the favour of the common people.
* Such popular humanity is treason. -
Liked by many people; generally pleasing, widely admired.
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, title= Adapted to the means of the common people; cheap.
As a noun standard
is .As an adjective popular is
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English
Noun
(en noun)- the court, which used to be the standard of property and correctness of speech
- A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.
- By the present standard of the coinage, sixty-two shillings is coined out of one pound weight of silver.
The China Governess, passage=‘It was called the wickedest street in London and the entrance was just here. I imagine the mouth of the road lay between this lamp standard and the second from the next down there.’}}
- His armies, in the following day, / On those fair plains their standards proud display.
- In France part of their gardens is laid out for flowers, others for fruits; some standards , some against walls.
- (Greene)
Adjective
(en adjective)- standard''' works in history; '''standard authors
Antonyms
* nonstandardDerived terms
* bog standard * gold standard * double standard * standard-bearer * standard fare * standard gauge * standard lamp * standard language * Standard Model * standard of living * standard poodle * standard time * standard transmission * standard deviation * time standardpopular
English
(wikipedia popular)Adjective
(en adjective)- Contrary to popular misconception, MacArthur Park is not the worst song ever written.
- At the coming of Calvin thither, the form of their civil regiment was popular , as it continueth at this day: neither king, nor duke, nor nobleman of any authority or power over them, but officers chosen by the people out of themselves, to order all things with public consent.
- Luther in popular memory had become a saint, his picture capable of saving houses from burning down, if it was fixed to the parlour wall.
- Jonathan Freedland brilliantly articulates the size and nature of the challenge and we must take his lead in setting out a radical agenda for a new republic based on the principle of popular sovereignty.
- As a work of popular science it is exemplary: the focus may be the numbers, but most of the mathematical legwork is confined to the appendices and the accompanying commentary is amusing and witty, as well as informed.
Internal Combustion, passage=The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.}}
- They might have split 24 years ago, but the Smiths remain as popular as ever, and not just among those who remember them first time around.
Athletics and Herbal Supplements, passage=Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.}}