Pattern vs. Template — What's the Difference?

A pattern is a regularity in the world, in human-made design, or in abstract ideas. As such, the elements of a pattern repeat in a predictable manner.

A shaped piece of rigid material used as a pattern for processes such as cutting out, shaping, or drilling.

A usually repeating artistic or decorative design

A timber or plate used to distribute the weight in a wall or under a support.

A natural or accidental arrangement or sequence

A pattern or gauge, such as a thin metal plate with a cut pattern, used as a guide in making something accurately, as in woodworking or the carving of architectural profiles.

A plan, diagram, or model to be followed in making things

A document or file having a preset format, used as a starting point for a particular application so that the format does not have to be recreated each time it is used

A model or original used for imitation or as an archetype.

An overlay that fits over all or part of a keyboard and has labels describing the functions of each key within a particular application.

A composite of traits or features characteristic of an individual or a group

A horizontal piece of stone or timber used to distribute weight or pressure, as over a door frame.

Form and style in an artistic work or body of artistic works.

(Biochemistry) A molecule of a nucleic acid, such as DNA, that serves as a pattern for the synthesis of a macromolecule, as of RNA.

The configuration of gunshots upon a target that is used as an indication of skill in shooting.

A physical object whose shape is used as a guide to make other objects.

The distribution and spread, around a targeted region, of spent shrapnel, bomb fragments, or shot from a shotgun.

A generic model or pattern from which other objects are based or derived.

Enough material to make a complete garment.

(computing) document template file with a basic outline for a work

A test pattern.

(molecular biology) A macromolecule which provides a pattern for the synthesis of another molecule.

The flight path of an aircraft about to land

A partially defined class or function, that can be instantiated in a variety of ways depending on the instantiation arguments.

(Football) A pass pattern.

A strip of metal used in boiler-making, pierced with a series of holes, and serving as a guide in marking out a line of rivet-holes.

To make, mold, or design by following a pattern

To set up or mark off using a template.

To cover or ornament with a design or pattern.

To provide a template or pattern for.

To make a pattern.

Same as Templet.

Model, example.

A model or standard for making comparisons

Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline.

Someone or something seen as an example to be imitated; an exemplar.

A copy.

A sample; of coins, an example which was struck but never minted.

A representative example.

(US) The material needed to make a piece of clothing.

(textiles) The paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling.

A full-sized model around which a mould of sand is made, to receive the melted metal. It is usually made of wood and in several parts, so as to be removed from the mould without damage.

(computing) A text string containing wildcards, used for matching.

A design pattern.

Coherent or decorative arrangement.

A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements.

A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative effect.

The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun.

A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen to have a mathematical, geometric, statistical etc. relationship.

(linguistics) An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language.

A sequence of notes, percussion etc. in a tracker module, usable once or many times within the song.

To apply a pattern.

To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.

To follow an example.

To fit into a pattern.

(transitive) To serve as an example for.

To observe an animal closely over time in order to discern its habitual movements and behaviours.

(MLE) To arrange, to organise, to fix.

Of or in accordance with a usual pattern, or type; model; ideal.

Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.

A part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample; an example; an instance.

Stuff sufficient for a garment; as, a dress pattern.

Figure or style of decoration; design; as, wall paper of a beautiful pattern.

Something made after a model; a copy.

Anything cut or formed to serve as a guide to cutting or forming objects; as, a dressmaker's pattern.

A full-sized model around which a mold of sand is made, to receive the melted metal. It is usually made of wood and in several parts, so as to be removed from the mold without injuring it.

A recognizable characteristic relationship or set of relationships between the members of any set of objects or actions, or the properties of the members; also, the set having a definable relationship between its members.

A diagram showing the distribution of the pellets of a shotgun on a vertical target perpendicular to the plane of fire.

The recommended flight path for an airplane to follow as it approaches an airport for a landing. Same as landing pattern.

An image or diagram containing lines, usually horizontal, vertical, and diagonal, sometimes of varying widths, used to test the resolution of an optical instrument or the accuracy of reproduction of image copying or transmission equipment. Same as test pattern.

To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.

To serve as an example for; also, to parallel.

A perceptual structure;

A customary way of operation or behavior;

A decorative or artistic work;

Something regarded as a normative example;

A model considered worthy of imitation;

Something intended as a guide for making something else;

The path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport;

Graphical representation (in polar or cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle

Plan or create according to a model or models

Form a pattern;