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pattern vs popery

popery vs pattern

pattern and popery both are nouns.

pattern is a verb but popery is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pattern Yes No Yes No
popery Yes No No No
As nouns, popery is a hyponym of pattern; that is, popery is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pattern:
  • pattern: a customary way of operation or behavior
  • popery: offensive terms for the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church
pattern (noun) popery (noun)
a customary way of operation or behavior offensive terms for the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church
a decorative or artistic work
a perceptual structure
a model considered worthy of imitation
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) popery (verb)
plan or create according to a model or models
form a pattern
Difference between pattern and popery

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