pattern vs tally

tally vs pattern

pattern and tally both are nouns.

pattern and tally both are verbs.

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

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

pattern: form a pattern
tally: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics

Other hypernyms of pattern include agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match.

pattern (noun)	tally (noun)
a customary way of operation or behavior	the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
a decorative or artistic work	a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
a perceptual structure	a bill for an amount due
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)	tally (verb)
plan or create according to a model or models	determine the sum of
form a pattern	keep score, as in games
	gain points in a game
	be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics

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