different between pattern vs composition

English

Etymology

From earlier patten, paterne, from Middle English patron (“patron; example”), from Old French patron, from Medieval Latin patr?nus (“patron”). Doublet of patron.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pat(?)n/, [?pa?(?)n]
• (US) IPA^(key): /?pæt??n/, [?pæ??n]
• Rhymes: -æt?(r)n

Noun

pattern (plural patterns)

1. Model, example.
   1. Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline. [from 14th c.]
      • 1923, ‘President Wilson’, Time, 18 Jun 1923:

        There is no reason why all colleges and universities should be cut to the same pattern.

   2. Someone or something seen as an example to be imitated; an exemplar. [from 15th c.]
      • 1793, Hester Piozzi, Thraliana, 19 March:

        Well! the King of France died pardoning & pitying all those who had tortured his Soul & Body, a great Pattern for us all.

      • 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.16:

        The Platonic Socrates was a pattern to subsequent philosophers for many ages.

   3. (now rare) A copy. [from 15th c.]
   4. (now only numismatics) A sample; of coins, an example which was struck but never minted. [from 16th c.]
   5. A representative example. [from 16th c.]
   6. (US) The material needed to make a piece of clothing. [from 17th c.]
   7. (textiles) The paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling.
   8. (metalworking, dated) 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.
   9. (computing) A text string containing wildcards, used for matching.

      There were no files matching the pattern *.txt.

2. Coherent or decorative arrangement.
   1. A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements. [from 16th c.]
      • 2003, Valentino, ‘Is there a future in fashion's past?’, Time, 5 Feb 2003:

        On my way to work the other day, I stopped at a church in Rome and saw a painting of the Madonna. The subtle pattern of blues and golds in the embroidery of her dress was so amazing that I used it to design a new evening dress for my haute couture.

   2. A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative effect. [from 19th c.]
      • 2011, Rachel Cooke, The Observer, 19 Jun 2011:

        He lifted the entire joint or fowl up into the air, speared on a carving fork, and sliced pieces off it so that they fell on the plate below in perfectly organised patterns.

   3. The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun. [from 19th c.]
   4. 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. [from 19th c.]
      • 1980, ‘Shifting Targets’, Time, 6 Oct 1980:

        The three killings pointed to an ugly new shift in the enduring pattern of violence in Northern Ireland: the mostly Protestant Ulster police, or those suspected of affiliation with them, have become more prominent targets for the I.R.A. than the British troops.

      • 2003, Kate Hudson, The Guardian, 14 Aug 2003:

        Look again at how the US and its allies behaved then, and the pattern is unmistakable.

   5. (linguistics) An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language.
   6. (computing, music) A sequence of notes, percussion etc. in a tracker module, usable once or many times within the song.

Synonyms

• (1): original
• (1): stencil
• (2): tessellation
• (3): category
• (4): cycle
• (5): similarity
• See also Thesaurus:model

Antonyms

• antipattern

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

pattern (third-person singular simple present patterns, present participle patterning, simple past and past participle patterned)

1. To apply a pattern.
2. To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
   • 1638, Sir Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels into Africa and Asia the Great

     [A temple] patterned […] from that which Adam reared in Paradise.

3. To follow an example.
4. To fit into a pattern.
5. (transitive) To serve as an example for.

Synonyms

• model
• categorize

Translations

References

• pattern on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• reptant

English

Etymology

From Middle English composicioun, from Old French composicion, from Latin compositi?, compositi?nem.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?mp??z???n/

Noun

composition (countable and uncountable, plural compositions)

1. The act of putting together; assembly.
2. A mixture or compound; the result of composing. [from 16th c.]
3. The proportion of different parts to make a whole. [from 14th c.]
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Exodus 30:37,^[1]

     And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord.

4. The general makeup of a thing or person. [from 14th c.]
   • c. 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II, Act II, Scene 1,^[2]

     John of Gaunt. O how that name befits my composition!

     Old Gaunt indeed, and gaunt in being old:

     Within me grief hath kept a tedious fast;

     And who abstains from meat that is not gaunt?

   • 1932, Frank Richards, The Magnet - Bunter's Night Out

     It seemed that the milk of human kindness had not been left out of his composition.

5. (obsolete) An agreement or treaty used to settle differences; later especially, an agreement to stop hostilities; a truce. [14th-19th c.]
   • 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, Act 1, Scene 2, Lines 1-3

     If the Duke, with the other dukes, come not to composition with the king of Hungary, why then all the dukes fall upon the king.

   • c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act I, Scene 2,^[3]

     That now

     Sweno, the Norways’ king, craves composition:

     Nor would we deign him burial of his men

     Till he disbursed at Saint Colme’s inch

     Ten thousand dollars to our general use.

   • 1630, John Smith, True travels, in Kupperman 1988, p.50:

     with an incredible courage they advanced to the push of the Pike with the defendants, that with the like courage repulsed […], that the Turks retired and fled into the Castle, from whence by a flag of truce they desired composition.

   • 1754, David Hume, The History of England, London: T. Cadell, 1773, Volume I, p. 8,^[4]

     […] the Britons, by rendering the war thus bloody, seemed determined to cut off all hopes of peace or composition with the enemy.

6. (obsolete) A payment of money in order to clear a liability or obligation; a settling or fine. [16th-19th c.]
   • c. 1602, William Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well, Act IV, Scene 3,^[5]

     He hath perverted a young gentlewoman here in Florence, of a most chaste renown; and this night he fleshes his will in the spoil of her honour: he hath given her his monumental ring, and thinks himself made in the unchaste composition.

   • 1688, Parliament of England, Toleration Act 1688, section 3:

     That all and every person and persons already convicted or prosecuted in order to conviction of recusancy […] shall be thenceforth exempted and discharged from all the penalties, seizures, forfeitures, judgments, and executions, incurred by force of any of the aforesaid Statutes, without any composition, fee, or further charge whatsoever.

   • 1745, Edward Young, Night-Thoughts, II:

     Insidious death! should his strong hand arrest, / No composition sets the prisoner free.

7. (law) an agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from a debtor.
8. An essay. [from 16th c.]
9. (linguistics) The formation of compound words from separate words. [from 16th c.]
10. A work of music, literature or art. [from 17th c.]
    • 1818, Jane Austen, A letter dated 8 September 1818:

      […] and how good Mrs. West could have written such books and collected so many hard words, with all her family cares, is still more a matter of astonishment. Composition seems to me impossible with a head full of joints of mutton and doses of rhubarb.

11. (printing) Typesetting. [from 19th c.]
12. (mathematics) Applying a function to the result of another.
13. (physics) The compounding of two velocities or forces into a single equivalent velocity or force.
14. (obsolete) Consistency; accord; congruity.
    • c. 1604, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act I, Scene 3,^[6]

      There is no composition in these news

      That gives them credit.

15. Synthesis as opposed to analysis.

    • The investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis ought ever to precede the method of composition.

16. (painting, photography) The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.
17. (object-oriented programming) Way to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones.

Synonyms

• (general makeup of a thing or person): configuration, constitution; see also Thesaurus:composition
• (mixture or compound): blend, melange; see also Thesaurus:mixture
• (work of music, literature or art): See also Thesaurus:musical composition

Derived terms

• composition algebra
• composition book, composition notebook
• composition fee
• letter of composition

Related terms

• composite
• compositing
• compositionism
• compositionist

Translations

Anagrams

• monisotopic

French

Etymology

From Old French composicion, borrowed from Latin compositi?, compositi?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.po.zi.sj??/

Noun

composition f (plural compositions)

1. composition, makeup
2. essay
3. composition, work of art
4. (linguistics) composition, formation of compound words
5. (printing) composition, typesetting
6. (sports) lineup
7. (object-oriented programming) composition

Synonyms

• (essay): essai, dissertation, rédaction
• (work of art): œuvre

Related terms

• composer
• compositeur

Descendants

• ? Turkish: kompozisyon

References

• “composition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French composicion.

Noun

composition f (plural compositions)

1. agreement; accord; pact

Descendants

• French: composition