What is the difference between codes and standards?

The code didn’t specify how to build a building - but laid out the consequences of not building well. 

Like Hammurabi’s code, codes express society’s will on a particular technical issue, specifying a desired outcome.

• A code is a model, a set of rules that knowledgeable people recommend for others to follow. It is not a law, but can be adopted into law.
• A standard is a more detailed elaboration than a code.May be defined as level of quality, achievement that is considered acceptable or desirable.

Code: Principles.

Standard: Meet the quality.

Standard: It is more detailed than Code and it defines the accepted quality of work done. 

Code: Set of rules formed by expertise to follow others.

Code - It is an identification sign

Standard - It is a set level of practice

Code are rules while standards are practices on how to meet that rules.

 Code: Set of rules formed by expertise to follow others.

 Standard: It is more detailed than Code and it defines the accepted quality of work done. 

Difference between "Code" and "Standard"

Code -------

Code is always a set of rules or definitions that is established after centuries of continuous experiments, expert judgment and continuous elaboration that specifies the minimum acceptable attributes for a particular product, service, result, technical issue and so on for society’s will.

For example: International Building Codes (IBC) obligates the incorporation of Fire Protection and Prevention system into building construction.

Standard------------- 

Standard is always a set of the detailed rules, processes, procedures and guidelines developed tasted and determined as good practices for the delivery of referenced particular product, service, result, in strict conformity with requirements (definitions & attributes) established (stated) by code.

Example (Fire Protection and Prevention system in Building): Almost all of the countries in the world have their own standards for fulfillment of the Fire Prevention and Protection need in buildings. Russian Standards may consider one approach and US my do so for another. every standard specifies a distinct systems that can fulfill the Fire Prevention and Protection objective in a building so there may be more than one standards developed for a specific practice to fulfill the requirements of a particular code for mentioned practice.

Simply, Codes are the minimum requirements and attributes which are directly concerned with (influencing) human life and civilization and the Standards are the technical ways toward fulfilling them.

Codes are supplements for law and Standards are approaches to meet Code,

Code is organised or systematic body of law as a state or nation while Standard is criteria established by authority or regulatary agency to maintain quality

A standard becomes a Code when it has beenadopted by one or more governmental bodies and is enforceable by law, or when ithas been incorporated into a business contract.

A Standard can be defined as a set oftechnical definitions and guidelines that function as instructions for designers, manufacturers,operators, or users of equipment. Ex ASME 31.3 is a standard for process piping.

Code : It is a set of alpha-numeric respresentation of a method which is needed to execute a specfic task through on international standered.

Such codes are usually a sum of a standered procedure which conducted in  to specified environment so as to get the best in its safety test.

Standard is the protcol to follow and guidance to meet and accept.

Code is the detail and more elaboration on the standard requirement to fulfil and abide.