banner vs standard

banner

noun
  • The military unit under such a flag or standard. 

  • A large piece of cloth with a slogan, motto, or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession or suspended in some conspicuous place. 

  • The title of a newspaper as printed on its front page; the nameplate; masthead. 

  • A type of administrative division in Inner Mongolia and Tuva, made during the Qing dynasty; at that time, Outer Mongolia and part of Xinjiang were also divided into banners. 

  • A cause or purpose; a campaign or movement. 

  • A military or administrative subdivision. 

  • A type of advertisement on a web page or on television, usually taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content. 

  • The principal standard of a knight. 

  • One who bans something. 

  • A flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation. 

  • Any large sign, especially when made of soft material or fabric. 

verb
  • To display as a banner headline. 

  • To adorn with a banner. 

adj
  • Exceptional; very good. 

standard

noun
  • The flag or ensign carried by a military unit. 

  • Something used as a measure for comparative evaluations; a model. 

  • The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established for coinage. 

  • A level of quality or attainment. 

  • The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla. 

  • The sheth of a plough. 

  • A collar of mail protecting the neck. 

  • A rule or set of rules or requirements which are widely agreed upon or imposed by government. 

  • An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally. 

  • One of the upright members that supports the horizontal axis of a transit or theodolite. 

  • A sturdy, woody plant whose upright stem is used to graft a less hardy ornamental flowering plant on, rather then actually planting it. 

  • Any upright support, such as one of the poles of a scaffold. 

  • A manual transmission vehicle. 

  • A bottle of wine containing 0.750 liters of fluid. 

  • A large drinking cup. 

  • standard idiom, a prestigious or standardized language variety; standard language 

  • A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis. 

  • A musical work of established popularity. 

  • An object supported in an upright position, such as a lamp standard. 

  • Grade level in primary education. 

adj
  • Having a manual transmission. 

  • Conforming to the standard variety. 

  • Of a usable or serviceable grade or quality. 

  • As normally supplied (not optional). 

  • Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc. 

  • Having recognized excellence or authority. 

  • Growing alone as a free-standing plant; not trained on a post etc. 

intj
  • An expression of agreement. 

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