different between standing vs distinction

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?stænd??/

Etymology 1

From Middle English standynge, stondynge, standende, stondinde, standande, stondande, from Old English standende, stondende, from Proto-Germanic *standandz (“standing”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *standan? (“to stand”), equivalent to stand +? -ing.

Verb

standing

1. present participle of stand
   • 1991, Backdraft

     So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?

Adjective

standing (not comparable)

1. Erect, not cut down.
2. Performed from an erect position.

   standing ovation

3. Remaining in force or status.

   standing committee

4. Stagnant; not moving or flowing.

   standing water

5. Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting.

   a standing colour

6. Not movable; fixed.

   a standing bed, distinguished from a trundle-bed

   the standing rigging of a ship

Antonyms

• (stagnant): moving, working (committees)

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English standyng, stonding, stondung, from Old English *standung, equivalent to stand +? -ing.

Noun

standing (countable and uncountable, plural standings)

1. Position or reputation in society or a profession.
   • 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)[1]

     The males constantly test their standing, looking to move up in the hierarchy.

2. Duration.

3. The act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands.

   I will provide you and your fellows of a good standing to see his entry

   • I think in deep mire, where there is no standing.;

4. (sports) The position of a team in a league or of a player in a list.

5. (Britain) 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."

6. (law) 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.

7. (Britain, slang, obsolete) The location on a street where a market trader habitually operates.

   Synonym: pitch

Derived terms

• class standing
• hard standing
• good standing

Translations

References

• (market trader's pitch): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Cebuano

Etymology

From English standing.

Noun

standing

1. in bato lata; an instance where the can is standing upright and, still in play, after being hit and pushed out of its ring

Faroese

Etymology

standa (“to stand”) +? -ing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?stant??k]

Noun

standing f (genitive singular standingar, uncountable)

1. erection

Declension

Synonyms

• reðurstøða

French

Etymology

From English standing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st??.di?/

Noun

standing m (plural standings)

1. standing, status
2. Level of quality or comfort, especially about real estate

   appartement de grand standing

Further reading

• “standing” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /es?tandin/, [es?t?ãn?.d??n]

Noun

standing m (plural standings)

1. status, standing, class

English

Etymology

From Middle English distinccioun, from Old French distinction (attested 12th century), from the Latin accusative distinctionem, action noun of distinguo (“I distinguish”). Used in English from the late 14th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??st??k??n/

Noun

distinction (countable and uncountable, plural distinctions)

1. That which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination.
2. The act of distinguishing, discriminating; discrimination.
3. Specifically, a feature that causes someone or something to stand out as being better; a mark of honour, rank, eminence or excellence; being distinguished.
   • 2013, Daniel Taylor, Steven Gerrard goal against Poland ensures England will go to World Cup (in The Guardian, 15 October 2013)[2]

     Leighton Baines, playing with distinction again, sent over a left-wing cross with pace and accuracy. Welbeck, prominently involved all night, could not reach it but Rooney was directly behind him, flashing his header past Szczesny.

Antonyms

• (that which distinguishes): confusion

Derived terms

• contradistinction
• distinction without a difference

Related terms

• distinct
• distinguish
• distinguished
• distinguishable
• distinguishness

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French distinction (attested in the 12th century), from borrowed from the Latin accusative distinctionem, the action noun of distinguere (“distinguish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.t??k.sj??/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophone: distinctions

Noun

distinction f (plural distinctions)

1. distinction (difference, honour)

Related terms

• distinct
• distinguer

Further reading

• “distinction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).