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popery vs pattern

pattern vs popery

popery and pattern both are nouns.

popery is not a verb while pattern is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
popery Yes No No No
pattern Yes No Yes No
As nouns, pattern is a hypernym of popery; that is, pattern is a word with a broader meaning than popery:
  • popery: offensive terms for the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church
  • pattern: a customary way of operation or behavior
Other hypernyms of popery include practice.
popery (noun) pattern (noun)
offensive terms for the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church a customary way of operation or behavior
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
popery (verb) pattern (verb)
plan or create according to a model or models
form a pattern
Difference between popery and pattern

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