Design vs. Motif

Designnoun

A specification of an object or process, referring to requirements to be satisfied and thus conditions to be met for them to solve a problem.

Designnoun

A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture.

Designnoun

The composition of a work of art.

Designnoun

Intention or plot.

Designnoun

The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive.

Designnoun

The art of designing

Designverb

(transitive) To plan and carry out (a picture, work of art, construction etc.).

Designverb

To plan (to do something).

Designverb

To assign, appoint (something to someone); to designate.

Designverb

To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.

Designverb

To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.

Designverb

To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.

Designverb

To create or produce, as a work of art; to form a plan or scheme of; to form in idea; to invent; to project; to lay out in the mind; as, a man designs an essay, a poem, a statue, or a cathedral.

Designverb

To intend or purpose; - usually with for before the remote object, but sometimes with to.

Designverb

To form a design or designs; to plan.

Designnoun

A preliminary sketch; an outline or pattern of the main features of something to be executed, as of a picture, a building, or a decoration; a delineation; a plan.

Designnoun

A plan or scheme formed in the mind of something to be done; preliminary conception; idea intended to be expressed in a visible form or carried into action; intention; purpose; - often used in a bad sense for evil intention or purpose; scheme; plot.

Designnoun

Specifically, intention or purpose as revealed or inferred from the adaptation of means to an end; as, the argument from design.

Designnoun

The realization of an inventive or decorative plan; esp., a work of decorative art considered as a new creation; conception or plan shown in completed work; as, this carved panel is a fine design, or of a fine design.

Designnoun

The invention and conduct of the subject; the disposition of every part, and the general order of the whole.

Designnoun

the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan);

Designnoun

an arrangement scheme;

Designnoun

something intended as a guide for making something else;

Designnoun

a decorative or artistic work;

Designnoun

an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions;

Designnoun

a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something;

Designnoun

the creation of something in the mind

Designverb

make or work out a plan for; devise;

Designverb

design something for a specific role or purpose or effect;

Designverb

create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner;

Designverb

make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form;

Designverb

create designs;

Designverb

conceive or fashion in the mind; invent;

Designverb

intend or have as a purpose;

Designnoun

a plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a building, garment, or other object before it is made

Designnoun

the art or action of conceiving of and producing a plan or drawing of something before it is made

Designnoun

the arrangement of the features of an artefact, as produced from following a plan or drawing

Designnoun

a decorative pattern

Designnoun

purpose or planning that exists behind an action, fact, or object

Designverb

decide upon the look and functioning of (a building, garment, or other object), by making a detailed drawing of it

Designverb

do or plan (something) with a specific purpose in mind

Design

A design is a plan or specification for the construction of an object or system or for the implementation of an activity or process, or the result of that plan or specification in the form of a prototype, product or process. The verb to design expresses the process of developing a design.

Motifnoun

A recurring or dominant element; a theme.

Motifnoun

(music) A short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work.

Motifnoun

A decorative figure that is repeated in a design or pattern.

Motifnoun

(dressmaking) A decorative appliqué design or figure, as of lace or velvet, used in trimming.

Motifnoun

(crystallography) The physical object or objects repeated at each point of a lattice. Usually atoms or molecules.

Motifnoun

(chess) A basic element of a move in terms of why the piece moves and how it supports the fulfilment of a stipulation.

Motifnoun

(biochemistry) In a nucleotide or amino-acid sequence, pattern that is widespread and has, or is conjectured to have, a biological significance.

Motifnoun

Motive.

Motifnoun

In literature and the fine arts, a salient feature or element of a composition or work; esp., the theme, or central or dominant feature;

Motifnoun

A decorative appliqué design or figure, as of lace or velvet, used in trimming; also, a repeated design.

Motifnoun

a design that consists of recurring shapes or colors

Motifnoun

a theme that is elaborated on in a piece of music

Motifnoun

a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work;