different between guideline vs template

English

Etymology

guide +? line

Noun

guideline (plural guidelines)

1. A non-specific rule or principle that provides direction to action or behaviour.

   He considered the Ten Commandments more a guideline than a requirement.

2. A plan or explanation to guide one in setting standards or determining a course of action.
3. A light line, used in lettering, to help align the text.

Synonyms

• (non-specific rule): rule of thumb
• (plan or explanation): rule of thumb

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ?????? (gaidorain)

Translations

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English guideline.

Noun

guideline f (invariable)

1. guideline

For templates on Wiktionary, see Wiktionary:Templates.

English

Etymology

Alteration of templet, probably from French templet, diminutive of temple (“a weaver's stretcher”), variant of tempe, from Latin tempora (“temple”). Alteration of second syllable due to analogy with plate. Cognate with Faroese tamba (“to stretch out, relax”), Icelandic þamb (“a stretched, bloated, or extended belly”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t?m.pl?t/, /?t?m.pl?t/, /?t?m.ple?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?t?m.pl?t/, /?t?m.pl?t/

Noun

template (plural templates)

1. A physical object whose shape is used as a guide to make other objects.
2. A generic model or pattern from which other objects are based or derived.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

3. (molecular biology) A macromolecule which provides a pattern for the synthesis of another molecule.
4. (object-oriented programming) A partially defined class or function, that can be instantiated in a variety of ways depending on the instantiation arguments.

   A template is a blueprint or formula for creating a generic class or a function. “C++ Templates”, in tutorialspoint, 2016

5. 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.

Derived terms

• templating (computing)

Translations

See also

• boilerplate
• cookie cutter
• generics
• macro
• stencil

Verb

template (third-person singular simple present templates, present participle templating, simple past and past participle templated)

1. To set up or mark off using a template.
2. To provide a template or pattern for.

Derived terms

• templater

Anagrams

• palmette

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??.plat/

Noun

template m (plural templates)

1. (object-oriented programming) template