Loop vs Pattern - What's the difference?

In lang=en terms the difference between loop and pattern

is that loop is to move in a loop while pattern is to serve as an example for.

As nouns the difference between loop and pattern

is that loop is a length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening while pattern is model, example.

As verbs the difference between loop and pattern

is that loop is to form something into a loop while pattern is to apply a pattern.

loop

English

Noun

(en noun)

A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.

The opening so formed.

A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.

Arches, loops , and whorls are patterns found in fingerprints.

A ring road or beltway.

An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.

A complete circuit for an electric current.

(programming) A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.

(graph theory) An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex.

(topology) A path that starts and ends at the same point.

(algebra) A quasigroup with an identity element.

A loop-shaped intrauterine device.

An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane.

A small, narrow opening; a loophole.

* Shakespeare

And stop all sight-holes, every loop from whence / The eye of Reason may pry in upon us.

(mass of iron).

Derived terms

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Verb

(en verb)

To form something into a loop.

To fasten or encircle something with a loop.

To fly an aircraft in a loop.

To move something in a loop.

To join electrical components to complete a circuit.

To form a loop.

To move in a loop.

The program loops until the user presses a key.

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Derived terms

* loop in * loop the loop

Anagrams

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pattern

English

(wikipedia pattern)

Noun

(en noun)

Model, example.

# Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline.

#* 1923 , ‘President Wilson’, Time , 18 Jun 1923:

There is no reason why all colleges and universities should be cut to the same pattern .

# Someone or something seen as an example to be imitated; an exemplar.

#* 1946 , Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy , I.16:

The Platonic Socrates was a pattern to subsequent philosophers for many ages.

# 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.

# (metalworking, dated) 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.

There were no files matching the pattern *.txt.

Decorative arrangement.

# A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements.

#* 2003 , Valentino, ‘Is there a future in fashion's past?’, Time , 5 Feb 2003:

On my way to work the other day, I stopped at a church in Rome and saw a painting of the Madonna. The subtle pattern of blues and golds in the embroidery of her dress was so amazing that I used it to design a new evening dress for my haute couture.

# A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative effect.

#* 2011 , Rachel Cooke, The Observer , 19 Jun 2011:

He lifted the entire joint or fowl up into the air, speared on a carving fork, and sliced pieces off it so that they fell on the plate below in perfectly organised patterns .

# 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.

#* 1980 , ‘Shifting Targets’, Time , 6 Oct 1980:

The three killings pointed to an ugly new shift in the enduring pattern of violence in Northern Ireland: the mostly Protestant Ulster police, or those suspected of affiliation with them, have become more prominent targets for the I.R.A. than the British troops.

#* 2003 , Kate Hudson, The Guardian , 14 Aug 2003:

Look again at how the US and its allies behaved then, and the pattern is unmistakable.

# (linguistics) An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language.

Synonyms

* original (1) * stencil (1) * tessellation (2) * category (3) * cycle (4) * similarity (5) * See also

Antonyms

* antipattern

Derived terms

* design pattern

Verb

(en verb)

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.

* Sir T. Herbert

[A temple] patterned from that which Adam reared in Paradise.

to follow an example

to fit into a pattern

To serve as an example for.

Synonyms

* model * categorize (2)