Texture vs. Pattern — What's the Difference?

The feel, appearance, or consistency of a surface or a substance

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.

Give (a surface) a rough or raised texture

A usually repeating artistic or decorative design

A structure of interwoven fibers or other elements.

A natural or accidental arrangement or sequence

The distinctive physical composition or structure of something, especially with respect to the size, shape, and arrangement of its parts

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

The appearance and feel of a surface

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

A rough or grainy surface quality

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

Distinctive or identifying quality or character

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

The quality given to a piece of art, literature, or music by the interrelationship of its elements

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

To give texture to, especially to impart desirable surface characteristics to

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

The feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something.

Enough material to make a complete garment.

(arts) The quality given to a work of art by the composition and interaction of its parts.

A test pattern.

(computer graphics) An image applied to a polygon to create the appearance of a surface.

The flight path of an aircraft about to land

(obsolete) The act or art of weaving.

(Football) A pass pattern.

(obsolete) Something woven; a woven fabric; a web.

To make, mold, or design by following a pattern

A tissue.

To cover or ornament with a design or pattern.

To create or apply a texture.

To make a pattern.

The act or art of weaving.

Model, example.

That which woven; a woven fabric; a web.

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

The disposition or connection of threads, filaments, or other slender bodies, interwoven; as, the texture of cloth or of a spider's web.

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

The disposition of the several parts of any body in connection with each other, or the manner in which the constituent parts are united; structure; as, the texture of earthy substances or minerals; the texture of a plant or a bone; the texture of paper; a loose or compact texture.

A copy.

A tissue. See Tissue.

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

To form a texture of or with; to interweave.

A representative example.

The feel of a surface or a fabric;

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

The essential quality of something;

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

The musical pattern created by parts being played or sung together;

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.

The characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality

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

A design pattern.

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;