Standing vs Static - What's the difference?
standing | static |
; in the process of coming to an upright position.
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Erect, not cut down.
Performed from an erect position.
Remaining in force or status.
Stagnant; not moving or flowing.
Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting.
Not movable; fixed.
Position or reputation in society or a profession: "He does not have much of a standing as a chemist ".
Duration.
The act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands.
(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:
* 2000 , Bob Breen, Mission Accomplished, East Timor , page 149:
(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.
Unchanging; that cannot or does not change.
Immobile; fixed in place; having no motion.
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(programming) Occupying fixed memory, allocated when a program is loaded.
Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television.
(by extension) Interference or obstruction from people.
Something that is not part of any perceived universe phenomena; having no motion; no particle; no wavelength.
Static electricity.
As adjectives the difference between standing and static
is that standing is erect, not cut down while static is unchanging; that cannot or does not change.As nouns the difference between standing and static
is that standing is position or reputation in society or a profession: "he does not have much of a standing as a chemist " while static is interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television.As a verb standing
is ; in the process of coming to an upright position.standing
English
Verb
(head)- 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 ovation
- standing committee
- standing water
- a standing colour
- 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 waveAntonyms
* (stagnant) moving, working (committees )Noun
(en noun)- a member of long standing
- 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.
- "There was no garage at Lathbury Road, but we had standing for two cars in front of the house."
- "The engineering crisis boiled down to roads, hard standing , and waste."
- 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.