pattern vs copy

copy vs pattern

pattern and copy both are nouns.

pattern and copy both are verbs.

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

As verbs, copy is a hypernym of pattern; that is, copy is a word with a broader meaning than pattern:

pattern: plan or create according to a model or models
copy: reproduce someone's behavior or looks

Other hypernyms of pattern include imitate, simulate.

pattern (noun)	copy (noun)
a customary way of operation or behavior	a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing
a decorative or artistic work	a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)
a perceptual structure	matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials
a model considered worthy of imitation	material suitable for a journalistic account
something intended as a guide for making something else
something regarded as a normative example
graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle
the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport

pattern (verb)	copy (verb)
plan or create according to a model or models	reproduce someone's behavior or looks
form a pattern	make a replica of
	reproduce or make an exact copy of
	copy down as is

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