pattern vs approach

pattern and approach both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pattern	Yes	No	Yes	No
approach	Yes	No	Yes	No

pattern (noun)	approach (noun)
a customary way of operation or behavior	the act of drawing spatially closer to something
a decorative or artistic work	a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green
a perceptual structure	ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
a model considered worthy of imitation	a way of entering or leaving
something intended as a guide for making something else	the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
something regarded as a normative example	a close approximation
graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle	a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport	the event of one object coming closer to another
	the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing

pattern (verb)	approach (verb)
plan or create according to a model or models	make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion
form a pattern	move towards
	come near in time
	begin to deal with
	come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character