Milestone vs. Benchmark

Milestonenoun

A stone milepost (or by extension in other materials), one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals, typically at the side of the road or in a median.

Milestonenoun

An important event in a person's life or career, in the history of a nation, in the life of some project, etc.

Milestoneverb

To place milestones along (a road, etc.).

Milestoneverb

To plan out a project as a series of major steps.

Milestonenoun

A stone serving the same purpose as a milepost.

Milestonenoun

An event or accomplishment marking a significant advance in an endeavor; a notable achievment; as, putting a man in orbit was a major milestone on the way to the moon.

Milestonenoun

stone post at side of a road to show distances

Milestonenoun

a significant event in your life (or in a project)

Milestone

A milestone is a numbered marker placed on a route such as a road, railway line, canal or boundary. They can indicate the distance to towns, cities, and other places or landmarks; or they can give their position on the route relative to some datum location.

Benchmarknoun

A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.

Benchmarknoun

A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point.

Benchmarknoun

(computing) A computer program that is executed to assess the performance of the runtime environment.

Benchmarkverb

(transitive) To measure the performance of (an item) relative to another similar item in an impartial scientific manner.

Benchmark

Any permanent mark to which other levels may be referred.

Benchmark

something serving as a standard by which related items may be judged; as, his painting sets the benchmark of quality.

Benchmark

a test or series of tests designed to compare the qualities or performance of different devices of the same type. Certain sets of computer programs are much used as benchmarks for comparing the performance of different computers, especially by comparing the time it takes to complete a test.

Benchmarknoun

a standard by which something can be measured or judged;

Benchmarknoun

a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point