The difference between Benchmark and Bracket
When used as nouns, benchmark means a standard by which something is evaluated or measured, whereas bracket means a fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
When used as verbs, benchmark means to measure the performance of (an item) relative to another similar item in an impartial scientific manner, whereas bracket means to support by means of mechanical brackets.
check bellow for the other definitions of Benchmark and Bracket
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Benchmark as a noun:
A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.
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Benchmark as a noun:
A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point.
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Benchmark as a noun (computing):
A computer program that is executed to assess the performance of the runtime environment.
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Benchmark as a verb (transitive):
To measure the performance of (an item) relative to another similar item in an impartial scientific manner.
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Bracket as a noun:
A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
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Bracket as a noun (engineering):
Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.
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Bracket as a noun (nautical):
A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
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Bracket as a noun (military):
The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage, supporting the trunnions.
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Bracket as a noun (computer science):
Any of the characters "(", ")", "[", "]", "{", "}", and "", used in pairs to enclose parenthetic remarks, sections of mathematical expressions, etc. "(" and ")" specifically, the other forms above requiring adjectives for disambiguation. "[" and "]" specifically - opposed to the other forms of which have their own technical names.
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Bracket as a noun (sports):
A printed diagram of games in a tournament.
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Bracket as a noun (sports):
A prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes.
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Bracket as a noun:
One of several ranges of numbers.
Examples:
"tax bracket'', ''age bracket"
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Bracket as a noun (algebra):
A pair of values that represent the smallest and largest elements of a range.
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Bracket as a noun (military):
In artillery, the endangered region between two shell impacts (one long and one short). The next shell fired is likely to hit accurately.
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Bracket as a noun (typography):
The small curved or angular corner formed by a serif and a stroke in a letter.
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Bracket as a noun (land surveying, 19th century):
a mark cut into a stone by land surveyors to secure a bench.
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Bracket as a verb:
To support by means of mechanical brackets.
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Bracket as a verb:
To enclose in typographical brackets.
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Bracket as a verb:
To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets.
Examples:
"I tried to hit the bullseye by first bracketing it with two shots and then splitting the difference with my third, but I missed."
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Bracket as a verb:
To place in the same category.
Examples:
"Because the didn't have enough young boys for two full teams, they bracketed the seven-year olds with the eight-year olds."
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Bracket as a verb:
To mark distinctly for special treatment.
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Bracket as a verb:
To set aside, discount, ignore.
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Bracket as a verb (photography):
To take multiple images of the same subject, using a range of exposure settings, in order to help ensure that a satisfactory image is obtained.
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Bracket as a verb (philosophy, phenomenology):
In the philosophical system of Edmund Husserl and his followers, to set aside metaphysical theories and existential questions concerning what is real in order to focus philosophical attention simply on the actual content of experience.
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Bracket as a noun: