Graphic vs. Pattern — What's the Difference?

Of or relating to written representation.

A pattern is a regularity in the world, in human-made design, or in abstract ideas. As such, the elements of a pattern repeat in a predictable manner.

Of or relating to pictorial representation.

A usually repeating artistic or decorative design

Of, relating to, or represented by a graph

A natural or accidental arrangement or sequence

Depicted or described in vivid detail

A plan, diagram, or model to be followed in making things

Of or relating to the graphic arts

A model or original used for imitation or as an archetype.

Of or relating to graphics.

A composite of traits or features characteristic of an individual or a group

(Geology) Having crystals resembling printed characters.

Form and style in an artistic work or body of artistic works.

A work of graphic art.

The configuration of gunshots upon a target that is used as an indication of skill in shooting.

A diagram or image used for illustration, as in a lecture.

The distribution and spread, around a targeted region, of spent shrapnel, bomb fragments, or shot from a shotgun.

A graphic display generated by a computer or an imaging device.

Enough material to make a complete garment.

Drawn, pictorial.

A test pattern.

Vivid, descriptive, often in relation to depictions of sex or violence.

The flight path of an aircraft about to land

(geology) Having a texture that resembles writing, commonly created by exsolution, devitrification and immiscibility processes in igneous rocks.

(Football) A pass pattern.

A drawing or picture.

To make, mold, or design by following a pattern

(mostly in plural) A computer-generated image as viewed on a screen forming part of a game or a film etc.

To cover or ornament with a design or pattern.

A moth of the subfamily Melipotini.

To make a pattern.

Of or pertaining to the arts of painting and drawing; of or pertaining to graphics; as, graphic art work.

Model, example.

Of or pertaining to the art of writing.

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

Written or engraved; formed of letters or lines.

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

Having the faculty of clear, detailed, and impressive description; as, a graphic writer.

A copy.

Well delineated; clearly and vividly described; characterized by, clear, detailed, and impressive description; vivid; evoking lifelike images within the mind; as graphic details of the President's sexual misbehavior; a graphic description of the accident; graphic images of violence.

A sample; of coins, an example which was struck but never minted.

Describing nudity or sexual activity in explicit detail; as, a novel with graphic sex scenes.

A representative example.

Relating to or presented by a graph{2}; as, a graphic presentation of the data.

(US) The material needed to make a piece of clothing.

Written or drawn or engraved;

(textiles) The paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling.

Describing nudity or sexual activity in graphic detail;

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.

Of or relating to the graphic arts;

(computing) A text string containing wildcards, used for matching.

Relating to or presented by a graph;

A design pattern.

Evoking lifelike images within the mind;

Coherent or decorative arrangement.

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

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

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.

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

A sequence of notes, percussion etc. in a tracker module, usable once or many times within the song.

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.

To follow an example.

To fit into a pattern.

(transitive) To serve as an example for.

To observe an animal closely over time in order to discern its habitual movements and behaviours.

(MLE) To arrange, to organise, to fix.

Of or in accordance with a usual pattern, or type; model; ideal.

Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.

A part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample; an example; an instance.

Stuff sufficient for a garment; as, a dress pattern.

Figure or style of decoration; design; as, wall paper of a beautiful pattern.

Something made after a model; a copy.

Anything cut or formed to serve as a guide to cutting or forming objects; as, a dressmaker's pattern.

A full-sized model around which a mold 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 mold without injuring it.

A recognizable characteristic relationship or set of relationships between the members of any set of objects or actions, or the properties of the members; also, the set having a definable relationship between its members.

A diagram showing the distribution of the pellets of a shotgun on a vertical target perpendicular to the plane of fire.

The recommended flight path for an airplane to follow as it approaches an airport for a landing. Same as landing pattern.

An image or diagram containing lines, usually horizontal, vertical, and diagonal, sometimes of varying widths, used to test the resolution of an optical instrument or the accuracy of reproduction of image copying or transmission equipment. Same as test pattern.

To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.

To serve as an example for; also, to parallel.

A perceptual structure;

A customary way of operation or behavior;

A decorative or artistic work;

Something regarded as a normative example;

A model considered worthy of imitation;

Something intended as a guide for making something else;

The path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport;

Graphical representation (in polar or cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle

Plan or create according to a model or models

Form a pattern;