Model vs Brand - What's the difference?

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In transitive terms the difference between model and brand

is that model is to create from a substance such as clay while brand is to stigmatize, label (someone).

model

English

(wikipedia model)

Alternative forms

* modell

Noun

(en noun)

A person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also for painting or drawing.

A person, usually an attractive female, hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items given away as prizes on a TV game show.

A representation of a physical object, usually in miniature.

* Shakespeare

I had my father's signet in my purse, / Which was the model of that Danish seal.

* Addison

You have the models of several ancient temples, though the temples and the gods are perished.

A simplified representation used to explain the workings of a real world system or event.

A style, type, or design.

The structural design of a complex system.

A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.

He was a model of eloquence and virtue.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=70, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Engineers of a different kind , passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.

(logic) An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.

(logic) An interpretation which makes a certain sentence true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that sentence.

A particular style, design, or make of a particular product.

(manufacturing) An identifier of a product given by its manufacturer (also called model number).

Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.

* Shakespeare

Thou seest thy wretched brother die, / Who was the model of thy father's life.

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* abstract model * animal model * arbitrage pricing model * business model * causal model * commercial model * computer model * conceptual model * data model * database model * Document Object Model * economy model * enterprise architecture model * entity-relationship model * fashion model * fetish model * fitness model * glamour model * information model * late model * mark to model * mathematical model * mental model * model aircraft * model checking * model organism * model solution * model theory * modelizer * modelly * multimodel * off-model * plamodel * production model * relational model * role model * runway model * scale model * scientific model * spokesmodel * supermodel * waterfall model * water-line model * view model

Adjective

(-)

Worthy of being a model; exemplary.

* (rfdate), Blackwood's Magazine , volume 289, page 525:

At our approach the animals made so much noise that the owners of the hut peered round the door to see what was the matter; outwardly rather less model than the farm, there appeared two ancient Basques, emblematically black-bereted, gnarled [...]

* 1898 , John Thorburn, The St. Andrew's Society of Ottawa: 1846-1897 : sketch , page 40:

[...] from the land of your origin, because you demand the claims of those who believe it more model than yours, [...]

* 1932 , Nora Fugger, James Austin Galaston (translator), The Glory of the Habsburgs: the Memoirs of Princess Fugger , page 35:

Methods of game-preservation in their extensive and well-stocked hunting-grounds were as model as the huntsmanlike management of the hunts.

* 1934 , Charles Ryle Fay, Imperial economy and its place in the formation of economic doctrine, 1600-1932 , page 143:

[...] and we press with special severity on one small country whose agriculture is as model as is her way of rural life.

* 1956 , Stephen Rynne, All Ireland , page 54:

True, it is an untidy county; the farmhouses are much more model' than the farms (when we reach Antrim we shall find that the farms are more ' model than the farmhouses).

* 1968 , American County Government , volume 33, page 19:

But not all the exchanges were as model as the sergeant. Some of the exchangees showed a rigidity and reluctance to adapt.

* 1999 , Michael D. Williams, Acquisition for the 21st century: the F-22 Development Program , page 113:

It is as model as you can get.

* 2002 , Uma Anand Segal, A framework for immigration: Asians in the United States , page 308:

While Asians have been perceived as the model minority, it is increasingly clear that some Asian groups are more model than are others, and even within these model groups, a division exists [...]

* 2010 , Eleanor Coppola, Notes on a Life , page 140:

All were neat and well kept which added to the sense that they were more model than real.

Synonyms

* (worthy of being a model) ideal

Verb

To display for others to see, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model.

She modelled the shoes for her friends to see.

To use as an object in the creation of a forecast or model.

They modelled the data with a computer to analyze the experiment’s results.

To make a miniature model of.

He takes great pride in his skill at modeling airplanes.

To create from a substance such as clay.

The sculptor modelled the clay into the form of a dolphin.

To make a or models.

To be a model of any kind.

The actress used to model before being discovered by Hollywood.

Synonyms

* modelise, US modelize

External links

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brand

English

(wikipedia brand)

Noun

(en noun)

A piece of wood red-hot, or still burning, from the fire.

* Palfrey

Snatching a live brand from a wigwam, Mason threw it on a matted roof.

(archaic) A sword.

* (John Milton)

Paradise, so late their happy seat, / Waved over by that flaming brand .

(Tennyson)

A mark of ownership made by burning, e.g. on cattle, or to classify the contents of a cask.

A branding iron.

A name, symbol, logo, or other item used to distinguish a product or service, or its provider.

A specific product, service, or provider so distinguished.

Any specific type or variety of something; a distinct style, manner.

* '>citation

The reputation among some population of an organization, of the products sold under a particular brand name, or of a person.

Any minute fungus producing a burnt appearance in plants.

Synonyms

* trademark, logo, brand name, marque, tradename, proprietary name * (reputation) repute, name, good name

Derived terms

* brand awareness * brand equity * brand image * brand linkage * brand name * brand parity * brand stretch * branding * branding moment * own brand

Verb

(en verb)

To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.

:When they caught him, he was branded and then locked up.

To mark (especially cattle) with a brand as proof of ownership.

:The ranch hands had to brand every new calf by lunchtime.

To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses.

:Her face is branded upon my memory.

To stigmatize, label (someone).

:He was branded a fool by everyone that heard his story.

*:I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer.

*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 23, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport

, title= Man Utd 1-6 Man City , passage=As Ferguson strode briskly towards the Stretford End at the final whistle, he will have been reflecting on the extent of the challenge now facing him from the club he once branded "noisy neighbours".}}

(marketing) To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images.

:They branded the new detergent "Suds-O", with a nature scene inside a green O on the muted-colored recycled-cardboard box.

Adjective

(-)

(advertising) Associated with a particular product, service, or company.

That computer company has brand recognition.

Have we settled on our brand name?