Blank vs. Standard — What's the Difference?

Devoid of writing, images, or marks

A level of quality or attainment

Containing no information; unrecorded or erased

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

Having spaces for information to be provided; not completed or filled in

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

Not having received final processing; unfinished

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

Devoid of thought or impression

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

Showing no expression, interest, or understanding; expressionless

An upright water or gas pipe.

Devoid of activity or distinctive character; empty

Used or accepted as normal or average

Absolute; complete

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

An empty space or place, especially an empty space on a document to be filled in.

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

A document with one or more such spaces.

Widely recognized or employed as a model of authority or excellence

Something without information or thought

Acceptable but of less than top quality

Something showing no expression or understanding

Normal, familiar, or usual

A manufactured article of a standard shape or form that is ready for final processing, as by stamping or cutting

Commonly used or supplied

A blank cartridge.

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

Something worthless, such as a losing lottery ticket.

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

A mark, usually a dash (—), indicating the omission of a word or of a letter or letters.

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

The white circle in the center of a target; a bull's-eye.

The commodity or commodities used to back a monetary system.

(Games) An unmarked piece or portion of a piece, as a domino tile, whose value may be determined by the holder.

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

To remove, as from view; obliterate

A degree or level of requirement, excellence, or attainment

To block access to

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

(Sports) To prevent (an opponent) from scoring.

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

To punch or stamp from flat stock, especially with a die.

A requirement of moral conduct

To become abstracted. Often used with out

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

To fail to find or remember something

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

To fade away

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

(archaic) White or pale; without colour.

The colors of a mounted or motorized military unit.

Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in

Chiefly British A grade level in elementary schools.

(figurative) Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.

A pedestal, stand, or base.

Absolute; downright; sheer.

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

Without expression, usually due to incomprehension.

One of the narrow upright petals of an iris.

Utterly confounded or discomfited.

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.

Empty; void; without result; fruitless.

(Music) A composition that is continually used in repertoires

Devoid of thoughts, memory, or inspiration.

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

(military) Of ammunition: having propellant but no bullets; unbulleted.

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

A small French coin, originally of silver, afterwards of copper, worth 5 deniers; also a silver coin of Henry V current in the parts of France then held by the English, worth about 8 pence .

Having recognized excellence or authority.

(obsolete) A nonplus 16th century.

Of a usable or serviceable grade or quality.

The white spot in the centre of a target; hence (figuratively) the object to which anything is directed or aimed, the range of such aim .

Having a manual transmission.

A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated since the 16th century.

As normally supplied (not optional).

An empty space; a void, for example on a paper .

(linguistics) Conforming to the standard variety.

A space to be filled in on a form or template.

A principle or example or measure used for comparison.

Provisional words printed in italics (instead of blank spaces) in a bill before Parliament, being matters of practical detail, of which the final form will be settled in Committee .

A level of quality or attainment.

A document, paper, or form with spaces left blank to be filled up at the pleasure of the person to whom it is given (e.g. a blank charter, ballot, form, contract, etc.), or as the event may determine; a blank form .

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

An empty form without substance; anything insignificant; nothing at all .

A musical work of established popularity.

An unprinted leaf of a book 20th century.

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

(literature) Blank verse .

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

A piece of metal (such as a coin, screw, nuts), cut and shaped to the required size of the thing to be made, and ready for the finishing operations; (coining) the disc of metal before stamping .

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

Any article of glass on which subsequent processing is required since the 19th century.

A bottle of wine containing 0.750 liters of fluid.

(electric recording) The shaved wax ready for placing on a recording machine for making wax records with a stylus 20th century.

(India) Grade level in primary education.

(figurative) A vacant space, place, or period; a void since the 17th century.

A vertical pole with something at its apex.

The ¹ / ₂₃₀₄₀₀ of a grain 17th century.

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

An empty space in one's memory; a forgotten item or memory since the 18th century.

The flag or ensign carried by a military unit.

A dash written in place of an omitted letter or word since the 18th century

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

The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space-bar on a keyboard.

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

(dominoes) A domino without points on one or both of its divisions.

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

(firearms) blank cartridge since the 19th century.

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.

An ineffective effort which achieves nothing since the 20th century.

The sheth of a plough.

(chemistry) A sample for a control experiment that does not contain any of the analyte of interest, in order to deliberately produce a non-detection to verify that a detection is distinguishable from it.

A manual transmission vehicle.

(slang) Infertile semen.

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

(transitive) To make void; to erase.

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

To ignore (a person) deliberately.

A large drinking cup.

To render ineffective by blanketing with turbulent airflow, such as from aircraft wake or reverse thrust.

(historical) A collar of mail protecting the neck.

(transitive) To prevent from scoring; for example, in a sporting event.

(slang) An expression of agreement

(intransitive) To become blank.

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

(intransitive) To be temporarily unable to remember.

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.

Of a white or pale color; without color.

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

Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in with some special writing; - said of checks, official documents, etc.; as, blank paper; a blank check; a blank ballot.

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

Utterly confounded or discomfited.

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.

Empty; void; without result; fruitless; as, a blank space; a blank day.

The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.

Lacking characteristics which give variety; as, a blank desert; a blank wall; destitute of interests, affections, hopes, etc.; as, to live a blank existence; destitute of sensations; as, blank unconsciousness.

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

Lacking animation and intelligence, or their associated characteristics, as expression of face, look, etc.; expressionless; vacant.

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

Absolute; downright; unmixed; as, blank terror.

The sheth of a plow.

Any void space; a void space on paper, or in any written instrument; an interval void of consciousness, action, result, etc; a void.

A large drinking cup.

A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated.

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.

A paper unwritten; a paper without marks or characters a blank ballot; - especially, a paper on which are to be inserted designated items of information, for which spaces are left vacant; a bland form.

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

A paper containing the substance of a legal instrument, as a deed, release, writ, or execution, with spaces left to be filled with names, date, descriptions, etc.

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

The point aimed at in a target, marked with a white spot; hence, the object to which anything is directed.

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

Aim; shot; range.

The ideal in terms of which something can be judged;

A kind of base silver money, first coined in England by Henry V., and worth about 8 pence; also, a French coin of the seventeenth century, worth about 4 pence.

A board measure = 1980 board feet

A piece of metal prepared to be made into something by a further operation, as a coin, screw, nuts.

The value behind the money in a monetary system

A piece or division of a piece, without spots; as, the "double blank"; the "six blank."

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

To make void; to annul.

Any distinctive flag

To blanch; to make blank; to damp the spirits of; to dispirit or confuse.

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

A blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing;

Commonly used or supplied;

A substitute for a taboo word;

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

A blank gap or missing part

Conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers;

A piece of material ready to be made into something

Regularly and widely used or sold;

A cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet

Keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning

Of a surface; not written or printed on;

Void of expression;

Not charged with a bullet;