Device
Device noun - Any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery).
Pattern
Pattern noun - A unit of decoration that is repeated all over something (as a fabric).
Usage example: a coverlet with a nosegay of tiny pink roses as the pattern
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Synonyms for Pattern
Device is a synonym for pattern in design topic. You can use "Device" instead a noun "Pattern", if it concerns topics such as thing, part.
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It is... a wrist-mounted device that throws up to a dozen razor-edged metal disks in an unpredictable pattern.
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EVE Online will be changing the ship cloaking effect (viewable only by the player using the cloaking device) from a water-like animated texture to a hexagonal pattern in the upcoming Oceanus update.
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Perhaps the most severe example is 21 Grams, which takes huge leaps in chronology, with no framing device and no discernible pattern, more or less scene to scene.
Source: Anachronic Order
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Pattern and Device. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/pattern
Device & Pattern. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/pattern>.
Pattern or Device. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/pattern.
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