Pattern vs. Template — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Pattern and Template
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Definitions
Pattern
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.
Template
A shaped piece of rigid material used as a pattern for processes such as cutting out, shaping, or drilling.
Pattern
A usually repeating artistic or decorative design
A paisley pattern.
Template
A timber or plate used to distribute the weight in a wall or under a support.
Pattern
A natural or accidental arrangement or sequence
The pattern of rainfall over the past year.
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Template
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.
Pattern
A plan, diagram, or model to be followed in making things
A dress pattern.
Template
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 loan amortization template for a spreadsheet program.
Pattern
A model or original used for imitation or as an archetype.
Template
An overlay that fits over all or part of a keyboard and has labels describing the functions of each key within a particular application.
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Pattern
A composite of traits or features characteristic of an individual or a group
One's pattern of behavior.
Template
A horizontal piece of stone or timber used to distribute weight or pressure, as over a door frame.
Pattern
Form and style in an artistic work or body of artistic works.
Template
(Biochemistry) A molecule of a nucleic acid, such as DNA, that serves as a pattern for the synthesis of a macromolecule, as of RNA.
Pattern
The configuration of gunshots upon a target that is used as an indication of skill in shooting.
Template
A physical object whose shape is used as a guide to make other objects.
Pattern
The distribution and spread, around a targeted region, of spent shrapnel, bomb fragments, or shot from a shotgun.
Template
A generic model or pattern from which other objects are based or derived.
Pattern
Enough material to make a complete garment.
Template
(computing) document template file with a basic outline for a work
Pattern
A test pattern.
Template
(molecular biology) A macromolecule which provides a pattern for the synthesis of another molecule.
Pattern
The flight path of an aircraft about to land
A flight pattern.
Template
A partially defined class or function, that can be instantiated in a variety of ways depending on the instantiation arguments.
Pattern
(Football) A pass pattern.
Template
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.
Pattern
To make, mold, or design by following a pattern
We patterned this plan on the previous one. My daughter patterned her military career after her father's.
Template
To set up or mark off using a template.
Pattern
To cover or ornament with a design or pattern.
Template
To provide a template or pattern for.
Pattern
To make a pattern.
Template
Same as Templet.
Pattern
Model, example.
Template
A model or standard for making comparisons
Pattern
Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline.
Pattern
Someone or something seen as an example to be imitated; an exemplar.
Pattern
A copy.
Pattern
A sample; of coins, an example which was struck but never minted.
Pattern
A representative example.
Pattern
(US) The material needed to make a piece of clothing.
Pattern
(textiles) The paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling.
Pattern
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.
Pattern
(computing) A text string containing wildcards, used for matching.
There were no files matching the pattern
*.txt
.Pattern
A design pattern.
Pattern
Coherent or decorative arrangement.
Pattern
A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements.
Pattern
A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative effect.
Pattern
The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun.
Pattern
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.
Pattern
(linguistics) An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language.
Pattern
A sequence of notes, percussion etc. in a tracker module, usable once or many times within the song.
Pattern
To apply a pattern.
Pattern
To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
Pattern
To follow an example.
Pattern
To fit into a pattern.
Pattern
(transitive) To serve as an example for.
Pattern
To observe an animal closely over time in order to discern its habitual movements and behaviours.
Pattern
(MLE) To arrange, to organise, to fix.
Pattern
Of or in accordance with a usual pattern, or type; model; ideal.
Pattern
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.
I will be the pattern of all patience.
Pattern
A part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample; an example; an instance.
He compares the pattern with the whole piece.
Pattern
Stuff sufficient for a garment; as, a dress pattern.
Pattern
Figure or style of decoration; design; as, wall paper of a beautiful pattern.
Pattern
Something made after a model; a copy.
The patterns of things in the heavens.
Pattern
Anything cut or formed to serve as a guide to cutting or forming objects; as, a dressmaker's pattern.
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.
Pattern
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.
Pattern
A diagram showing the distribution of the pellets of a shotgun on a vertical target perpendicular to the plane of fire.
Pattern
The recommended flight path for an airplane to follow as it approaches an airport for a landing. Same as landing pattern.
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.
Pattern
To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
[A temple] patterned from that which Adam reared in Paradise.
Pattern
To serve as an example for; also, to parallel.
Pattern
A perceptual structure;
The composition presents problems for students of musical form
A visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them
Pattern
A customary way of operation or behavior;
It is their practice to give annual raises
They changed their dietary pattern
Pattern
A decorative or artistic work;
The coach had a design on the doors
Pattern
Something regarded as a normative example;
The convention of not naming the main character
Violence is the rule not the exception
His formula for impressing visitors
Pattern
A model considered worthy of imitation;
The American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics
Pattern
Something intended as a guide for making something else;
A blueprint for a house
A pattern for a skirt
Pattern
The path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport;
The traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded
They stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted
Pattern
Graphical representation (in polar or cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle
Pattern
Plan or create according to a model or models
Pattern
Form a pattern;
These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before