pattern vs sequence

pattern

verb
  • To apply a pattern. 

  • To serve as an example for. 

  • To observe an animal closely over time in order to discern its habitual movements and behaviours. 

  • To fit into a pattern. 

  • To follow an example. 

  • To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate. 

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

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

  • A representative example. 

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

  • A text string containing wildcards, used for matching. 

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

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

  • 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. 

  • The material needed to make a piece of clothing. 

  • The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun. 

  • A design pattern. 

adj
  • Of or in accordance with a usual pattern, or type; model; ideal. 

sequence

verb
  • to arrange in an order 

  • to determine the order of things, especially of amino acids in a protein, or of bases in a nucleic acid 

  • to produce (music) with a sequencer 

noun
  • An ordered list of objects, typically indexed with natural numbers. 

  • A series of shots that depict a single action or style in a film, television show etc. 

  • 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). 

  • The state of being sequent or following; order of succession. 

  • 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. 

  • A set of things next to each other in a set order; a series 

  • A meld consisting of three or more cards of successive ranks in the same suit, such as the four, five and six of hearts. 

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