different between watermark vs benchmark

English

Etymology

water +? mark

Noun

watermark (plural watermarks)

1. A translucent design impressed on the surface of paper and visible when the paper is held to the light.
2. (by extension) A logo superimposed on a digital image, a television broadcast, etc.
3. (computing) A value stored in a datafile to ensure its integrity, so that if the file's contents are changed then the watermark will no longer match the contents.
4. A mark indicating the level to which water has risen.

Derived terms

• digital watermark

Translations

Verb

watermark (third-person singular simple present watermarks, present participle watermarking, simple past and past participle watermarked)

1. (transitive) To mark paper with a watermark.
2. (transitive) To mark a datafile with a digital watermark.

Translations

English

Etymology

From bench +? mark. Originally (attested circa 1842) a mark cut into a stone by land surveyors to secure a "bench" (from 19th century land surveying jargon, meaning a type of bracket), to mount measuring equipment. Figurative sense attested circa 1884.

Noun

benchmark (plural benchmarks)

1. A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.
   • 2013, Marina Hyde, Is the pope Catholic? (in The Guardian, 20 September 2013)[1]

     Is the pope Catholic? Forgive the posing of a question that is usually rhetorical, the absolute benchmark of certainty, and traditionally regarded as even more settled than the one pertaining to the lavatorial arrangements of bears.

2. A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point.
3. (computing) A computer program that is executed to assess the performance of the runtime environment.

Translations

Verb

benchmark (third-person singular simple present benchmarks, present participle benchmarking, simple past and past participle benchmarked)

1. (transitive) To measure the performance or quality of (an item) relative to another similar item in an impartial scientific manner.
   1. (intransitive, followed by at) To give certain results in a benchmark test.
   2. (transitive, intransitive, followed be against) To use something (e.g., a competitor's product) as a standard to improve one's own thing.

Derived terms

• benchmarketing

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