The difference between Manual and Standard
When used as nouns, manual means a handbook, whereas standard means a principle or example or measure used for comparison. a level of quality or attainment. something used as a measure for comparative evaluations.
When used as adjectives, manual means performed with the hands (of an activity), whereas standard means falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.
check bellow for the other definitions of Manual and Standard
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Manual as a noun:
A handbook.
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Manual as a noun:
A booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product.
Examples:
"The dishwasher isn't working; can you remember where we put the manual?"
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Manual as a noun (military):
A drill in the use of weapons, etc.
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Manual as a noun (Christianity, historical):
An old office-book like the modern Roman Catholic ritual.
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Manual as a noun (music):
A keyboard for the hands on a harpsichord, organ, or other musical instrument.
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Manual as a noun:
A manual transmission; a gearbox, especially of a motorized vehicle, shifted by the operator.
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Manual as a noun (by synecdoche):
A vehicle with a manual transmission.
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Manual as a noun:
A bicycle technique whereby the front wheel is held aloft by the rider, without the use of pedal force.
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Manual as a noun (medicine, colloquial):
Manual measurement of the blood pressure, done with a manual sphygmomanometer.
Examples:
"do a manual"
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Manual as an adjective:
Performed with the hands (of an activity).
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Manual as an adjective:
Operated by means of the hands (of a machine, device etc.).
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Manual as an adjective (technology):
Performed by a human rather than a machine.
Examples:
"The student manually corrected several errors missed by the [[spell checker]]."
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Manual as a noun (automotive):
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Standard as an adjective:
Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.
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Standard as an adjective (of a tree or shrub):
Growing alone as a free-standing plant; not trained on a post etc.
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Standard as an adjective:
Having recognized excellence or authority.
Examples:
"standard works in history; standard authors"
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Standard as an adjective:
Of a usable or serviceable grade or quality.
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Standard as an adjective (not comparable, of a motor vehicle):
Having a manual transmission.
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Standard as an adjective:
As normally supplied (not optional).
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Standard as an adjective (linguistics):
Conforming to the standard variety.
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Standard as a noun (India):
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. A bottle of wine containing 0.750 liters of fluid. Grade level in primary education.
Examples:
"I am in fifth standard."
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Standard as a noun:
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 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.
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Standard as a noun:
A manual transmission vehicle.
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Standard as a noun (botany):
The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.
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Standard as a noun (shipbuilding):
An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
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Standard as a noun:
A large drinking cup.
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Standard as a noun (sociolinguistics):
standard idiom, a prestigious or standardized language variety; standard language