Standing vs. Stance: What's the Difference?

Standing and Stance Definitions
Standing
Status with respect to rank, reputation, or position in society or a profession
Obsessed with their low social standing.
Stance
The attitude or position of a standing person or animal, especially the position assumed by an athlete preparatory to action.
Standing
High reputation; esteem
A person of standing in the community.
Stance
A position or point of view
"Peru ... toughened its stance toward foreign investors" (Abraham Lowenthal).
Standing
Continuance in time; duration
A friendship of long standing.
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Stance
The manner, pose, or posture in which one stands.
The fencer’s stance showed he was ready to begin.
Standing
(Law) The right or capacity of a party to assert a particular cause of action in a court of law, based on such factors as whether the party is authorized by law to sue and has sufficient stake in the outcome to ensure that the case will be properly presented.
Stance
One's opinion or point of view.
I don’t agree with your stance on gun control.
Standing
The act of one that stands
Sore feet from standing for so long.
Stance
A place to stand; a position, a site, a station.
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Standing
Standings(Sports) A listing of individual competitors or of teams in a league according to their record of performance.
Stance
A foothold or ledge on which to set up a belay.
Standing
Remaining upright; erect.
Stance
(Scotland) A place for buses or taxis to await passengers; a bus stop, a taxi rank.
Standing
Not cut down
Standing timber.
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Stance
(Scotland) A place where a fair or market is held; a location where a street trader can carry on business.
Standing
Performed or done from a standing position
A standing jump.
A standing ovation.
Stance
A stanza.
Standing
Permanent and unchanging; fixed.
Stance
To place, to position, to station; (specifically) to put (cattle) into an enclosure or pen in preparation for sale.
Standing
Remaining in force or use indefinitely
A standing invitation.
Stance
A stanza.
Standing
Not movable; stationary.
Stance
A station; a position; a site.
Standing
Not flowing or circulating; stagnant.
Stance
The position of a player's feet, relative to each other and to the ball, when he is making a stroke or at bat.
Standing
Present participle of stand
Stance
The mental attitude, position, or approach a person adopts in respect to something.
Standing
Erect, not cut down.
Stance
Standing posture
Standing
Performed from an erect position.
Standing ovation
Stance
A rationalized mental attitude
Standing
Remaining in force or status.
Standing committee
Standing
Stagnant; not moving or flowing.
Standing water
Standing
Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting.
A standing colour
Standing
Not movable; fixed.
A standing bed, distinguished from a trundle-bed
The standing rigging of a ship
Standing
Position or reputation in society or a profession.
He does not have much of a standing as a chemist.
Standing
Duration.
A member of long standing
Standing
The act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands.
Standing
(sports) The position of a team in a league or of a player in a list.
After their last win, their standing went up three places.
Standing
(British) Room in which to park a vehicle or vehicles
Standing
(legal) The right of a party to bring a legal action, based on the relationship between that party and the matter to which the action relates.
He may be insulting, a miserable rotter and a fool, but unless he slanders or libels you, or damages your property, you do not have standing to sue him.
Standing
The location on a street where a market trader habitually operates.
Standing
Remaining erect; not cut down; as, standing corn.
Standing
Not flowing; stagnant; as, standing water.
Standing
Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting; as, a standing color.
Standing
Established by law, custom, or the like; settled; continually existing; permanent; not temporary; as, a standing army; legislative bodies have standing rules of proceeding and standing committees.
Standing
Not movable; fixed; as, a standing bed (distinguished from a trundle-bed).
Standing
The act of stopping, or coming to a stand; the state of being erect upon the feet; stand.
Standing
Maintenance of position; duration; duration or existence in the same place or condition; continuance; as, a custom of long standing; an officer of long standing.
An ancient thing of long standing.
Standing
Place to stand in; station; stand.
I will provide you a good standing to see his entry.
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing.
Standing
Condition in society; relative position; reputation; rank; as, a man of good standing, or of high standing.
Standing
Social or financial or professional status or reputation;
Of equal standing
A member in good standing
Standing
The act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position
Standing
Having a supporting base;
A standing lamp
Standing
(of fluids) not moving or flowing;
Mosquitoes breed in standing water
Standing
Not created for a particular occasion;
A standing committee
Standing
Maintaining an erect position;
Standing timber
Many buildings were still standing
Standing
Executed in or initiated from a standing position;
A standing ovation
Race from a standing start
A standing jump
A standing ovation
Standing
(of persons) on the feet; having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs;
Standing room only
A standing ovation
Standing
Permanent;
A standing army
Standing
Not cut down;
Standing timber
Uncut trees