Basic and Standard

basic

A popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no longer in general use.
Usually plural. ( a necessary commodity for which demand is constant)
- synonyms: staple

Pertaining to or constituting a base or basis.
- usage: "a basic fact"; "the basic ingredients"; "basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities"
Reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality.
- usage: "a basic story line"; "a canonical syllable pattern"
- synonyms: canonic, canonical
Serving as a base or starting point.
- usage: "a basic course in Russian"; "basic training for raw recruits"; "a set of basic tools"; "an introductory art course"
- synonyms: introductory
Of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base. .

(a.) Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt.
(a.) Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt.
(a.) Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which exhibit alkaline reactions with test paper.
(a.) Having the base in excess or the amount of the base atomically greater than that of the acid or exceeding in proportion that of the related neutral salt.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Basic is a masculine given name

Name Meaning: Diminutive of Basil: Royal. Kingly. St Basil the Great was Bishop of Caesarea in the latter half of the 4th century. This name was introduced into Western Europe by the Crusaders. Derived from the same Greek word as the plant name basil
Name Origin: Greek

standard

A basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated.
- usage: "the schools comply with federal standards"; "they set the measure for all subsequent work"
- synonyms: criterion, measure, touchstone
The ideal in terms of which something can be judged.
- usage: "they live by the standards of their community"
- synonyms: criterion
A board measure = 1980 board feet.
The value behind the money in a monetary system.
- synonyms: monetary standard
An upright pole or beam (especially one used as a support. )
- usage: "distance was marked by standards every mile"; "lamps supported on standards provided illumination"
Any distinctive flag.
- synonyms: banner

Conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind.
- usage: "windows of standard width"; "standard sizes"; "the standard fixtures"; "standard brands"; "standard operating procedure"
Commonly used or supplied.
- usage: "standard procedure"; "standard car equipment"
Established or well-known or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence.
- usage: "a standard reference work"; "the classical argument between free trade and protectionism"
Conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers) "standard English" (American); "received standard English is sometimes called the King's English" (British.
- synonyms: received
Regularly and widely used or sold.
- usage: "a standard size"; "a stock item"
- synonyms: stock

(n.) An upright support, as one of the poles of a scaffold; any upright in framing.
(n.) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.
(a.) Hence: Having a recognized and permanent value; as, standard works in history; standard authors.
(a.) 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.
(n.) That which is established as a rule or model by authority, custom or general consent; criterion; test.
(n.) That which is established by authority as a rule for the measure of quantity, extent, value or quality; especially, the original specimen weight or measure sanctioned by government, as the standard pound, gallon or yard.
(n.) A large drinking cup.
(n.) The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority.
(n.) The sheth of a plow.
(n.) An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
(n.) A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign.
(a.) Not supported by or fastened to, a wall; as, standard fruit trees.
(a.) Not of the dwarf kind; as, a standard pear tree.
(n.) 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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary