Benchmark and Standard

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Benchmark noun - Something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared.

Usage example: this prize-winning biography will be the benchmark against which all others will be judged in future years

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Standard is a synonym for benchmark in reference point topic. In some cases you can use "Standard" instead a noun "Benchmark", when it comes to topics like usual, source, criterion.

Nearby Word: benchmarking

Standard noun - Something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared.

Usage example: the animation in that movie set the standard against which all later animated cartoons were judged

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Benchmark is a synonym for standard in criterion topic. You can use "Benchmark" instead a noun "Standard", if it concerns topics such as guideline, usual, source.

good	good benchmark	good standard
high	high benchmark	high standard
common	common benchmark	common standard
current	current benchmark	current standard
Other adjectives: new, general, impossible.

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