Template vs. Layout — What's the Difference?

A shaped piece of rigid material used as a pattern for processes such as cutting out, shaping, or drilling.

The way in which the parts of something are arranged or laid out

A timber or plate used to distribute the weight in a wall or under a support.

The act or an instance of laying out.

A pattern or gauge, such as a thin metal plate with a cut pattern, used as a guide in making something accurately, as in woodworking or the carving of architectural profiles.

An arrangement or plan, especially the schematic arrangement of parts or areas

A document or file having a preset format, used as a starting point for a particular application so that the format does not have to be recreated each time it is used

The art or process of arranging printed or graphic matter on a page.

An overlay that fits over all or part of a keyboard and has labels describing the functions of each key within a particular application.

The overall design of a page, spread, or book, including elements such as page and type size, typeface, and the arrangement of titles and page numbers.

A horizontal piece of stone or timber used to distribute weight or pressure, as over a door frame.

A page or set of pages marked to indicate this design.

(Biochemistry) A molecule of a nucleic acid, such as DNA, that serves as a pattern for the synthesis of a macromolecule, as of RNA.

(Sports) The straight position, as in diving.

A physical object whose shape is used as a guide to make other objects.

(Informal) An establishment or property, especially a large residence or estate

A generic model or pattern from which other objects are based or derived.

A structured arrangement of items within certain limits.

(computing) document template file with a basic outline for a work

A plan for such arrangement.

(molecular biology) A macromolecule which provides a pattern for the synthesis of another molecule.

The act of laying out something.

A partially defined class or function, that can be instantiated in a variety of ways depending on the instantiation arguments.

(publishing) The process of arranging editorial content, advertising, graphics and other information to fit within certain constraints.

A strip of metal used in boiler-making, pierced with a series of holes, and serving as a guide in marking out a line of rivet-holes.

(engineering) A map or a drawing of a construction site showing the position of roads, buildings or other constructions.

To set up or mark off using a template.

(electronics) A specification of an integrated circuit showing the position of the physical components that will implement the schematic in silicon.

To provide a template or pattern for.

A plan or design of something that is laid out

Same as Templet.

The act of laying out (as by making plans for something)

A model or standard for making comparisons