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Standards vs Milepost - What's the difference?

standards | milepost |

As nouns the difference between standards and milepost

is that standards is plural of lang=en while milepost is a post on a highway, often with one or more fingerposts, showing the distance in miles to nearby places.

As verbs the difference between standards and milepost

is that standards is (plural form only): Pertaining to standards, concerned with standards, specific to standards while milepost is to place mileposts along (a road, etc.).

standards

English

Noun

(head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (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." ----

    milepost

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A post on a highway, often with one or more fingerposts, showing the distance in miles to nearby places
  • (rail transport) A sign or post beside a railway marking the distance from the (actual or nominal) start of a line (usually the principal terminus or junction with a more major line)

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To place mileposts along (a road, etc.).

    • See also

    * milestone

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