Mold vs Template - What's the difference?
mold | template |
A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
The shape or pattern of a mold.
General shape or form.
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*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
*:Crowned with an architrave of antique mould .
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*:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.Indeed, all his features were in large mold , like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men.
Distinctive character or type.
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A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
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(lb) A group of moldings.
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(lb) A fontanelle.
To shape in or on a mold.
To form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
* Job 10:8-9, Old Testament , New International Version:
To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence; as, a teacher who helps to mold the minds of his students
To fit closely by following the contours of.
To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
To ornament with moldings.
To be shaped in or as if in a mold.
(senseid)A natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.
To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.
A physical object whose shape is used as a guide to make other objects.
A generic model or pattern from which other objects are based or derived.
(molecular biology) A macromolecule which provides a pattern for the synthesis of another molecule.
* {{quote-journal, 2002, S. Lottin et al., Thioredoxin post-transcriptional regulation by H19 provides a new function to mRNA-like non-coding RNA, Nature, volume=21, issue=10
, passage=Classically, the functional product of coding genes is a protein whose synthesis is directed by an mRNA-template .}}
To set up or mark off using a .
* {{quote-book, 1994, Howard I. Chapelle, Boatbuilding
, passage=Only that part of the floor timber that bears on the planking and keel need be templated ;
To provide a template or pattern for.
* {{quote-journal, 2003, Yu Wang et al., Synthesis and characterization of a new layered gallium phosphate templated by cobalt complex, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, volume=170, issue=1, doi=10.1016/S0022-4596(02)00060-9
, passage=Metal phosphates that are templated by transition-metal complexes are rare.}}
As nouns the difference between mold and template
is that mold is a hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance while template is a physical object whose shape is used as a guide to make other objects.As verbs the difference between mold and template
is that mold is to shape in or on a mold while template is to set up or mark off using a template.mold
English
(wikipedia mold)Alternative forms
* mould (Commonwealth spelling)Etymology 1
Via (etyl) and (etyl), from (etyl) modulusNoun
(en noun)Derived terms
* break the mold * (archaeology) post mold * (paleontology) fossil moldVerb
(en verb)- Your hands shaped me and made me....Remember that you molded me like clay.
- These shoes gradually molded to my feet.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of moulen, 'slick, soft'. More at muck and meek.Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* moldy, mouldySee also
* mildewVerb
(en verb)Etymology 3
From (etyl) ‘flour’), from *mel''- (compare English ''meal ). More at meal.Derived terms
* leaf moldtemplate
English
(wikipedia template)Noun
(en noun)citation
See also
* boilerplate * macro * stencil * cookie cutter *Verb
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