Standard vs. Flag — What's the Difference?

A level of quality or attainment

A flag is a piece of fabric (most often rectangular or quadrilateral) with a distinctive design and colours. It is used as a symbol, a signalling device, or for decoration.

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

A piece of cloth or similar material, typically oblong or square, attachable by one edge to a pole or rope and used as the symbol or emblem of a country or institution or as a decoration during public festivities

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

A small piece of cloth attached at one edge to a pole and used as a marker or signal in various sports

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

A variable used to indicate a particular property of the data in a record.

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

A flat stone slab, typically rectangular or square, used for paving.

An upright water or gas pipe.

A plant with sword-shaped leaves that grow from a rhizome.

Used or accepted as normal or average

Mark (an item) for attention or treatment in a specified way

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

Signal to a vehicle or driver to stop, especially by waving one's arm

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

Provide or decorate with a flag or flags.

Widely recognized or employed as a model of authority or excellence

Become tired or less enthusiastic or dynamic

Acceptable but of less than top quality

A piece of cloth, usually rectangular, of distinctive color and design, used as a symbol, standard, signal, or emblem.

Normal, familiar, or usual

National or other allegiance, as symbolized by a flag

Commonly used or supplied

A ship carrying the flag of an admiral; a flagship.

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

A marking device, such as a gummed strip of paper, attached to an object to attract attention or ease identification; a tab.

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

The masthead of a newspaper.

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

(Music) A cross stroke that halves the value of a note to which it is added.

The commodity or commodities used to back a monetary system.

A distinctively shaped or marked tail, as of a dog or deer.

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

(Computers) A variable or memory location that stores true-or-false, yes-or-no information.

A degree or level of requirement, excellence, or attainment

A plant, such as an iris or cattail, that has long sword-shaped leaves.

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

A flagstone.

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

To mark with a flag or flags for identification or ornamentation

A requirement of moral conduct

To signal with or as if with a flag.

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

To signal to stop

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

To lose vigor or strength; weaken or diminish

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

To pave with slabs of flagstone.

The colors of a mounted or motorized military unit.

A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.

Chiefly British A grade level in elementary schools.

An exact representation of a flag (for example: a digital one used in websites).

A pedestal, stand, or base.

(nautical) A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship.

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

A signal flag.

One of the narrow upright petals of an iris.

The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event.

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.

(computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.

(Music) A composition that is continually used in repertoires

(computer science) In a command line interface, a command parameter requesting optional behavior or otherwise modifying the action of the command being invoked.

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

(aviation) A mechanical indicator that pops up to draw the pilot's attention to a problem or malfunction.

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

The game of capture the flag.

Having recognized excellence or authority.

(geometry) A sequence of faces of a given polytope, one of each dimension up to that of the polytope (formally, though in practice not always explicitly, including the null face and the polytope itself), such that each face in the sequence is part of the next-higher dimension face.

Of a usable or serviceable grade or quality.

A sequence of subspaces of a vector space, beginning with the null space and ending with the vector space itself, such that each member of the sequence (until the last) is a proper subspace of the next.

Having a manual transmission.

(television) A dark piece of material that can be mounted on a stand to block or shape the light.

As normally supplied (not optional).

An apron.

(linguistics) Conforming to the standard variety.

A plot or words of a character in an animation, etc., that would usually lead to a specific outcome or event, not logically or causally, but as a pattern of the animation, etc.

A principle or example or measure used for comparison.

Any of various plants with sword-shaped leaves, especially irises; specifically, Iris pseudacorus.

A level of quality or attainment.

A slice of turf; a sod.

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

A slab of stone; a flagstone, a flat piece of stone used for paving.

A musical work of established popularity.

(geology) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.

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

To furnish or deck out with flags.

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

To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something.

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

(often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.

A bottle of wine containing 0.750 liters of fluid.

To convey (a message) by means of flag signals.

(India) Grade level in primary education.

(often with up) To note, mark or point out for attention.

A vertical pole with something at its apex.

(computing) To signal (an event).

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

(computing) To set a program variable to true.

The flag or ensign carried by a military unit.

To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, etc. to arouse the animal's curiosity.

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

(sports) To penalize for an infraction.

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

To lose on time, especially in a blitz game; when using a traditional analog chess clock, a flag would fall when time expired.

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

To defeat (an opponent) on time, especially in a blitz game.

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.

(firearms) To point the muzzle of a firearm at a person or object one does not intend to fire on.

The sheth of a plough.

To fail, such as a class or an exam.

A manual transmission vehicle.

(intransitive) To weaken, become feeble.

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

To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.

(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 let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness.

A large drinking cup.

To enervate; to exhaust the vigour or elasticity of.

(historical) A collar of mail protecting the neck.

(transitive) To pave with flagstones.

(slang) An expression of agreement

To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.

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

To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag; the strength flags.

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.

To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness; as, to flag the wings.

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

To enervate; to exhaust the vigor or elasticity of.

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

To signal to with a flag or by waving the hand; as, to flag a train; also used with down; as, to flag down a cab.

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.

To convey, as a message, by means of flag signals; as, to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance.

The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.

To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, or the like to arouse the animal's curiosity.

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

To furnish or deck out with flags.

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

To lay with flags of flat stones.

The sheth of a plow.

That which flags or hangs down loosely.

A large drinking cup.

A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to indicate nationality, party, etc., or to give or ask information; - commonly attached to a staff to be waved by the wind; a standard; a banner; an ensign; the colors; as, the national flag; a military or a naval flag.

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 group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.

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

One of the wing feathers next the body of a bird; - called also flag feather.

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

An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera Iris and Acorus.

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

A flat stone used for paving.

The ideal in terms of which something can be judged;

Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.

A board measure = 1980 board feet

Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design

The value behind the money in a monetary system

Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals

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

A rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device

Any distinctive flag

A listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.

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

Flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green

Commonly used or supplied;

Stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones

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

A conspicuously marked or shaped tail

Conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers;

Communicate or signal with a flag

Regularly and widely used or sold;

Provide with a flag;

Droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

Decorate with flags;

Become less intense