Pattern vs. Sequence — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Pattern and Sequence
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Pattern
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.
Sequence
In mathematics, a sequence is an enumerated collection of objects in which repetitions are allowed and order matters. Like a set, it contains members (also called elements, or terms).
Pattern
A usually repeating artistic or decorative design
A paisley pattern.
Sequence
A particular order in which related things follow each other
The poems should be read in sequence
The content of the programme should follow a logical sequence
Pattern
A natural or accidental arrangement or sequence
The pattern of rainfall over the past year.
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Sequence
A set of related events, movements, or items that follow each other in a particular order
A gruelling sequence of exercises
A sonnet sequence
Pattern
A plan, diagram, or model to be followed in making things
A dress pattern.
Sequence
A part of a film dealing with one particular event or topic
The famous underwater sequence
Pattern
A model or original used for imitation or as an archetype.
Sequence
(in the Eucharist) a hymn said or sung after the Gradual or Alleluia that precedes the Gospel.
Pattern
A composite of traits or features characteristic of an individual or a group
One's pattern of behavior.
Sequence
Arrange in a particular order
Trainee librarians decide how a set of misfiled cards could be sequenced
Pattern
Form and style in an artistic work or body of artistic works.
Sequence
Play or record (music) with a sequencer.
Pattern
The configuration of gunshots upon a target that is used as an indication of skill in shooting.
Sequence
A following of one thing after another; succession.
Pattern
The distribution and spread, around a targeted region, of spent shrapnel, bomb fragments, or shot from a shotgun.
Sequence
An order of succession; an arrangement.
Pattern
Enough material to make a complete garment.
Sequence
A related or continuous series.
Pattern
A test pattern.
Sequence
(Games) Three or more playing cards in consecutive order and usually the same suit; a run.
Pattern
The flight path of an aircraft about to land
A flight pattern.
Sequence
A series of related shots that constitute a complete unit of action in a movie.
Pattern
(Football) A pass pattern.
Sequence
(Music) A melodic or harmonic pattern successively repeated at different pitches with or without a key change.
Pattern
To make, mold, or design by following a pattern
We patterned this plan on the previous one. My daughter patterned her military career after her father's.
Sequence
Roman Catholic Church A hymn sung between the gradual and the Gospel.
Pattern
To cover or ornament with a design or pattern.
Sequence
(Mathematics) An ordered set of quantities, as x, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4.
Pattern
To make a pattern.
Sequence
(Biochemistry) The order of constituents in a polymer, especially the order of nucleotides in a nucleic acid or of the amino acids in a protein.
Pattern
Model, example.
Sequence
To organize or arrange in a sequence.
Pattern
Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline.
Sequence
To determine the order of constituents in (a polymer, such as a nucleic acid or protein molecule).
Pattern
Someone or something seen as an example to be imitated; an exemplar.
Sequence
A set of things next to each other in a set order; a series
Pattern
A copy.
Sequence
(uncountable) The state of being sequent or following; order of succession.
Complete the listed tasks in sequence.
Pattern
A sample; of coins, an example which was struck but never minted.
Sequence
A series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated, with some change each time, such as in pitch or length (example: opening of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony).
Pattern
A representative example.
Sequence
A musical composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings. The most famous sequence is the Dies Irae (Day of Wrath) formerly used in funeral services.
Pattern
(US) The material needed to make a piece of clothing.
Sequence
(mathematics) An ordered list of objects, typically indexed with natural numbers.
Pattern
(textiles) The paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling.
Sequence
A subsequent event; a consequence or result.
Pattern
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.
Sequence
A series of shots that depict a single action or style in a film, television show etc.
Pattern
(computing) A text string containing wildcards, used for matching.
There were no files matching the pattern
*.txt
.Sequence
(card games) A meld consisting of three or more cards of successive ranks in the same suit, such as the four, five and six of hearts.
Pattern
A design pattern.
Sequence
(transitive) to arrange in an order
Pattern
Coherent or decorative arrangement.
Sequence
To determine the order of things, especially of amino acids in a protein, or of bases in a nucleic acid
Pattern
A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements.
Sequence
(transitive) to produce (music) with a sequencer
Pattern
A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative effect.
Sequence
The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement.
How art thou a kingBut by fair sequence and succession?
Sequence and series of the seasons of the year.
Pattern
The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun.
Sequence
That which follows or succeeds as an effect; sequel; consequence; result.
The inevitable sequences of sin and punishment.
Pattern
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.
Sequence
Simple succession, or the coming after in time, without asserting or implying causative energy; as, the reactions of chemical agents may be conceived as merely invariable sequences.
Pattern
(linguistics) An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language.
Sequence
Any succession of chords (or harmonic phrase) rising or falling by the regular diatonic degrees in the same scale; a succession of similar harmonic steps.
Pattern
A sequence of notes, percussion etc. in a tracker module, usable once or many times within the song.
Sequence
A hymn introduced in the Mass on certain festival days, and recited or sung immediately before the gospel, and after the gradual or introit, whence the name.
Originally the sequence was called a Prose, because its early form was rhythmical prose.
Pattern
To apply a pattern.
Sequence
Three or more cards of the same suit in immediately consecutive order of value; as, ace, king, and queen; or knave, ten, nine, and eight.
Pattern
To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
Sequence
The specific order of any linear arrangement of items; as, the sequence of amino acid residues in a protein; the sequence of instructions in a computer program; the sequence of acts in a variety show.
Pattern
To follow an example.
Sequence
To determine the sequence of; as, to sequence a protein or a DNA fragment.
Pattern
To fit into a pattern.
Sequence
Serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern;
The sequence of names was alphabetical
He invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA
Pattern
(transitive) To serve as an example for.
Sequence
A following of one thing after another in time;
The doctor saw a sequence of patients
Pattern
To observe an animal closely over time in order to discern its habitual movements and behaviours.
Sequence
Film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie
Pattern
(MLE) To arrange, to organise, to fix.
Sequence
The action of following in order;
He played the trumps in sequence
Pattern
Of or in accordance with a usual pattern, or type; model; ideal.
Sequence
Several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys
Pattern
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.
I will be the pattern of all patience.
Sequence
Arrange in a sequence
Pattern
A part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample; an example; an instance.
He compares the pattern with the whole piece.
Sequence
Determine the order of constituents in;
They sequenced the human genome
Pattern
Stuff sufficient for a garment; as, a dress pattern.
Pattern
Figure or style of decoration; design; as, wall paper of a beautiful pattern.
Pattern
Something made after a model; a copy.
The patterns of things in the heavens.
Pattern
Anything cut or formed to serve as a guide to cutting or forming objects; as, a dressmaker's pattern.
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.
Pattern
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.
Pattern
A diagram showing the distribution of the pellets of a shotgun on a vertical target perpendicular to the plane of fire.
Pattern
The recommended flight path for an airplane to follow as it approaches an airport for a landing. Same as landing pattern.
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.
Pattern
To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
[A temple] patterned from that which Adam reared in Paradise.
Pattern
To serve as an example for; also, to parallel.
Pattern
A perceptual structure;
The composition presents problems for students of musical form
A visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them
Pattern
A customary way of operation or behavior;
It is their practice to give annual raises
They changed their dietary pattern
Pattern
A decorative or artistic work;
The coach had a design on the doors
Pattern
Something regarded as a normative example;
The convention of not naming the main character
Violence is the rule not the exception
His formula for impressing visitors
Pattern
A model considered worthy of imitation;
The American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics
Pattern
Something intended as a guide for making something else;
A blueprint for a house
A pattern for a skirt
Pattern
The path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport;
The traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded
They stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted
Pattern
Graphical representation (in polar or cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle
Pattern
Plan or create according to a model or models
Pattern
Form a pattern;
These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before
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