benchmark vs stencil

benchmark

noun
  • A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point. 

  • A standard by which something is evaluated or measured. 

  • A computer program that is executed to assess the performance of the runtime environment. 

verb
  • To give certain results in a benchmark test. 

  • To use something (e.g., a competitor's product) as a standard to improve one's own thing. 

stencil

noun
  • A two-ply master sheet for use with a mimeograph. 

  • A thin sheet, either perforated or using some other technique, with which a pattern may be produced upon a surface; a utensil that contains a perforated sheet. 

  • A pattern produced using such a utensil. 

verb
  • To print with a stencil. 

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