standing vs stratum

standing

noun
  • Position or reputation in society or a profession. 

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

  • The position of a team in a league or of a player in a list. 

  • Duration. 

  • 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. 

  • Room in which to park a vehicle or vehicles 

adj
  • Erect, not cut down. 

  • Performed from an erect position. 

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

  • Not movable; fixed. 

  • Stagnant; not moving or flowing. 

  • Remaining in force or status. 

stratum

noun
  • A class of society composed of people with similar social, cultural, or economic status. 

  • One of several parallel horizontal layers of material arranged one on top of another. 

  • A layer of sedimentary rock having approximately the same composition throughout. 

  • Any of the regions of the atmosphere, such as the stratosphere, that occur as layers. 

  • A layer of vegetation, usually of similar height. 

  • The level of accuracy of a computer's clock, relative to others on the network. 

  • A layer of tissue. 

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