Pattern vs. Design

Model, example.

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.

Example: ‘There were no files matching the pattern *.txt.’;

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.

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.

Example: ‘I will be the pattern of all patience.’;

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

Example: ‘He compares the pattern with the whole piece.’;

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.

Example: ‘The patterns of things in the heavens.’;

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.

Example: ‘[A temple] patterned from that which Adam reared in Paradise.’;

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

a perceptual structure;

Example: ‘the composition presents problems for students of musical form’; ‘a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them’;

a customary way of operation or behavior;

Example: ‘it is their practice to give annual raises’; ‘they changed their dietary pattern’;

a decorative or artistic work;

Example: ‘the coach had a design on the doors’;

something regarded as a normative example;

Example: ‘the convention of not naming the main character’; ‘violence is the rule not the exception’; ‘his formula for impressing visitors’;

a model considered worthy of imitation;

Example: ‘the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics’;

something intended as a guide for making something else;

Example: ‘a blueprint for a house’; ‘a pattern for a skirt’;

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

Example: ‘the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded’; ‘they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted’;

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;

Example: ‘These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before’;

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

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

The composition of a work of art.

Intention or plot.

Example: ‘To be hateful of the truth by design.’;

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

The art of designing

Example: ‘Danish furniture design is world-famous.’;

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

To plan (to do something).

Example: ‘The king designed to mount an expedition to the New World.’;

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

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

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

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

Example: ‘We shall seeJustice design the victor's chivalry.’; ‘Meet me to-morrow where the masterAnd this fraternity shall design.’;

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.

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

Example: ‘Ask of politicians the end for which laws were originally designed.’; ‘He was designed to the study of the law.’;

To form a design or designs; to plan.

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.

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.

Example: ‘The vast design and purpos of the King.’; ‘The leaders of that assembly who withstood the designs of a besotted woman.’; ‘A . . . settled design upon another man's life.’; ‘How little he could guess the secret designs of the court!’;

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

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.

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

Example: ‘Is he a prudent man . . . that lays designs only for a day, without any prospect to the remaining part of his life?’; ‘I wish others the same intention, and greater successes.’; ‘It is the purpose that makes strong the vow.’;

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

Example: ‘he contributed to the design of a new instrument’;

an arrangement scheme;

Example: ‘the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult’; ‘it was an excellent design for living’; ‘a plan for seating guests’;

something intended as a guide for making something else;

Example: ‘a blueprint for a house’; ‘a pattern for a skirt’;

a decorative or artistic work;

Example: ‘the coach had a design on the doors’;

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

Example: ‘his intent was to provide a new translation’; ‘good intentions are not enough’; ‘it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs’; ‘he made no secret of his designs’;

a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something;

Example: ‘the design of a building’;

the creation of something in the mind

make or work out a plan for; devise;

Example: ‘They contrived to murder their boss’; ‘design a new sales strategy’; ‘plan an attack’;

design something for a specific role or purpose or effect;

Example: ‘This room is not designed for work’;

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

Example: ‘Chanel designed the famous suit’;

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

Example: ‘design a better mousetrap’; ‘plan the new wing of the museum’;

create designs;

Example: ‘Dupont designs for the house of Chanel’;

conceive or fashion in the mind; invent;

Example: ‘She designed a good excuse for not attending classes that day’;

intend or have as a purpose;

Example: ‘She designed to go far in the world of business’;

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

Example: ‘he has just unveiled his design for the new museum’;

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

Example: ‘good design can help the reader understand complicated information’;

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

Example: ‘inside, the design reverts to turn-of-the-century luxe’;

a decorative pattern

Example: ‘pottery with a lovely blue and white design’;

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

Example: ‘the appearance of design in the universe’;

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

Example: ‘a number of architectural students were designing a factory’;

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

Example: ‘the tax changes were designed to stimulate economic growth’;

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.