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What is the difference between stencil and template?

stencil | template |

As nouns the difference between stencil and template

is that stencil is a utensil that contains a perforated sheet through which ink can be forced to create a printed pattern onto a surface while template is a physical object whose shape is used as a guide to make other objects.

As verbs the difference between stencil and template

is that stencil is to print with a stencil while template is to set up or mark off using a template.

stencil

English

(wikipedia stencil)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A utensil that contains a perforated sheet through which ink can be forced to create a printed pattern onto a surface.
  • A typeface looking as if made by the utensil.

    • Derived terms

    * stencil art

    See also

    * pochoir

    Verb

  • (intransitive) To print with a stencil.

    • External links

    * (commonslite)

    Anagrams

    * *

    template

    English

    (wikipedia template)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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 citation
    • , passage=Classically, the functional product of coding genes is a protein whose synthesis is directed by an mRNA-template .}}

    See also

    * boilerplate * macro * stencil * cookie cutter *

    Verb

    (templat)
  • To set up or mark off using a .
  • * {{quote-book, 1994, Howard I. Chapelle, Boatbuilding citation
    • , 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.}}

    Derived terms

    * templater