different between standards vs handbook

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?stænd?dz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?stænd?dz/
• Hyphenation: stan?dards

Noun

standards

1. plural of standard
2. Principles of conduct shaped by traditional morality, decency, and honor.

Adjective

standards

1. 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."

References

• standards at OneLook Dictionary Search

Further reading

• "standards" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 296.

Anagrams

• sand darts

Danish

Noun

standards c

1. indefinite genitive singular of standard

French

Adjective

standards

1. masculine plural of standard

Swedish

Noun

standards

1. indefinite genitive singular of standard

English

Etymology

1814, from hand +? book, or perhaps a reintroduction of Middle English hond book, hondebooke, from Old English handb?c (“handbook”), or a calque of German Handbuch (“handbook”). Compare Dutch handboek, Danish håndbog, Swedish handbok.

Noun

handbook (plural handbooks)

1. A topically organized book of reference on a certain field of knowledge, regardless of size.
2. (US, gambling) A place where illicit bets can be placed.
   • 1916, U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on interstate commerce, Prevention of Transmission of Race-gambling Bets (page 23)

     The extent of the business done in this line is not understood by those who have not looked into it. In New York there are 50 pool rooms and 500 handbooks; in East St. Louis, 20 handbooks; in Chicago, 5 pool rooms and 200 handbooks; […]

   • 1961, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Gambling and Organized Crime: Hearings

     Persons subject to his rule can be found operating, in addition to the wire service, wire service relays, handbooks, gambling houses, prostitution establishments, coin-operated device companies, bars, restaurants, night clubs, motels, […]

Coordinate terms

• manual

Translations

Anagrams

• book hand