Banner vs. Standard — What's the Difference?

A banner can be a flag or other piece of cloth bearing a symbol, logo, slogan or other message. A flag whose design is the same as the shield in a coat of arms (but usually in a square or rectangular shape) is called a banner of arms.

A level of quality or attainment

A long strip of cloth bearing a slogan or design, carried in a demonstration or procession or hung in a public place

Something used as a measure, norm, or model in comparative evaluations

A heading or advertisement appearing on a web page in the form of a bar, column, or box

(especially with reference to jazz or blues) a tune or song of established popularity.

Excellent; outstanding

A military or ceremonial flag carried on a pole or hoisted on a rope.

A piece of cloth attached to a staff and used as a standard by a monarch, military commander, or knight.

A tree or shrub that grows on an erect stem of full height.

The flag of a nation, state, or army.

An upright water or gas pipe.

A piece of cloth bearing a motto or legend, as of a club.

Used or accepted as normal or average

A headline spanning the width of a newspaper page.

(of a tree or shrub) growing on an erect stem of full height

A rectangular space with text or graphics, especially an advertisement, running across the top of a webpage or other online document.

Serving as or conforming to an established or accepted measurement or value

(Botany) See standard.

Widely recognized or employed as a model of authority or excellence

Unusually good; outstanding

Acceptable but of less than top quality

To supply with banners.

Normal, familiar, or usual

To give a banner headline to (a story or item) in a newspaper.

Commonly used or supplied

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

(Linguistics) Conforming to models or norms of usage admired by educated speakers and writers

(by extension) The military unit under such a flag or standard.

An acknowledged measure of comparison for quantitative or qualitative value; a criterion.

(by extension) A military or administrative subdivision.

An object that under specified conditions defines, represents, or records the magnitude of a unit.

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

The commodity or commodities used to back a monetary system.

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 set proportion by weight of gold or silver to alloy metal prescribed for use in coinage.

A cause or purpose; a campaign or movement.

A degree or level of requirement, excellence, or attainment

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

Something, such as a practice or a product, that is widely recognized or employed, especially because of its excellence.

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.

A set of specifications that are adopted within an industry to allow compatibility between products.

(heraldry) The principal standard of a knight.

A requirement of moral conduct

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.

The ensign of a chief of state, nation, or city.

One who bans something.

A long, tapering flag bearing heraldic devices distinctive of a person or corporation.

Exceptional; very good.

An emblem or flag of an army, raised on a pole to indicate the rallying point in battle.

(transitive) To adorn with a banner.

The colors of a mounted or motorized military unit.

To display as a banner headline.

Chiefly British A grade level in elementary schools.

A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle.

A pedestal, stand, or base.

A large piece of silk or other cloth, with a device or motto, extended on a crosspiece, and borne in a procession, or suspended in some conspicuous place.

The large upper petal of the flower of a pea or related plant. Also called banner, vexillum.

Any flag or standard; as, the star-spangled banner.

One of the narrow upright petals of an iris.

Long strip of cloth for decoration or advertising

A shrub or small tree that through grafting or training has a single stem of limited height with a crown of leaves and flowers at its apex.

A newspaper headline that runs across the full page

(Music) A composition that is continually used in repertoires

Unusually good; outstanding;

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

(of a tree or shrub) Growing alone as a free-standing plant; not trained on a post etc.

Having recognized excellence or authority.

Of a usable or serviceable grade or quality.

Having a manual transmission.

As normally supplied (not optional).

(linguistics) Conforming to the standard variety.

A principle or example or measure used for comparison.

A level of quality or attainment.

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

A musical work of established popularity.

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

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

(sociolinguistics) standard idiom, a prestigious or standardized language variety; standard language

A bottle of wine containing 0.750 liters of fluid.

(India) Grade level in primary education.

A vertical pole with something at its apex.

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

The flag or ensign carried by a military unit.

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

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

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

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.

The sheth of a plough.

A manual transmission vehicle.

(botany) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.

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

A large drinking cup.

(historical) A collar of mail protecting the neck.

(slang) An expression of agreement

A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign.

That which is established by authority as a rule for the measure of quantity, extent, value, or quality; esp., the original specimen weight or measure sanctioned by government, as the standard pound, gallon, or yard.

That which is established as a rule or model by authority, custom, or general consent; criterion; test.

The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority.

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.

The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.

An upright support, as one of the poles of a scaffold; any upright in framing.

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

The sheth of a plow.

A large drinking cup.

Being, affording, or according with, a standard for comparison and judgment; as, standard time; standard weights and measures; a standard authority as to nautical terms; standard gold or silver.

Hence: Having a recognized and permanent value; as, standard works in history; standard authors.

Not supported by, or fastened to, a wall; as, standard fruit trees.

A basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated;

The ideal in terms of which something can be judged;

A board measure = 1980 board feet

The value behind the money in a monetary system

An upright pole or beam (especially one used as a support);

Any distinctive flag

Conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind;

Commonly used or supplied;

Established or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence;

Conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers;

Regularly and widely used or sold;