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Cyclical vs Patterned - What's the difference?

cyclical | patterned |

As adjectives the difference between cyclical and patterned

is that cyclical is recurring at regular intervals while patterned is conform to a pattern, a model to be followed.

As a verb patterned is

past tense of pattern.

cyclical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • recurring at regular intervals

    • Synonyms

    * cyclic * periodic

    patterned

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Conform to a pattern, a model to be followed.
    • The Royal Navy kept patterned''' birches and '''patterned canes at the principal dockyards as specimens, intending to standardize the main implements used for formal corporal punishment on its ships

    Verb

    (head)
  • (pattern)

    • References

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