different between keystone vs touchstone

English

Etymology

key +? stone

Definition 4 (retail) perhaps originated in the jewelry industry in the magazine called "Jewelers' Circular-Keystone"Source: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/341864/what-is-the-source-of-the-word-keystone-in-reference-to-pricing-a-product

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ki?.st??n/

Noun

keystone (plural keystones)

1. (architecture) The top stone of an arch.
2. Something on which other things depend for support.
3. A native or resident of the American state of Pennsylvania.
4. (retail) A retail price that is double the cost price; a markup of 100%.
5. (baseball) The combination of the shortstop and second baseman.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

keystone (third-person singular simple present keystones, present participle keystoning, simple past and past participle keystoned)

1. (transitive) To distort (an image) by projecting it onto a surface at an angle, which for example causes a square to look like a trapezoid.
2. (transitive, retail) To double the cost price in order to determine the retail price; to apply a markup of 100%.

Anagrams

• keynotes, keytones

English

Etymology

touch +? stone

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?t?st??n/

Noun

touchstone (plural touchstones)

1. A stone used to check the quality of gold alloys by rubbing them to leave a visible trace.
2. (figuratively, by extension) A standard of comparison or evaluation.

   • The foregoing doctrine affords us also a touchstone for the trial of spirits.

Translations

See also

• bellwether
• benchmark
• model
• norm
• exemplar
• standard

Anagrams

• touch-tones, touchtones