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Standing vs Stature - What's the difference?

standing | stature |

As nouns the difference between standing and stature

is that standing is position or reputation in society or a profession: "He does not have much of a standing as a chemist" while stature is a person or animal's natural height when standing upright.

As a verb standing

is present participle of lang=en; in the process of coming to an upright position.

As an adjective standing

is erect, not cut down.

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

    Statistics

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    stature

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person or animal's natural height when standing upright.
  • Respect coming from achievement or development.
  • Anagrams

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