Model.
Synonyms:
| archetype, | facsimile, | original, | representation, |
| copy, | image, | pattern, | standard, |
| design, | imitation, | prototype, | type. |
| example, | mold, | ||
A pattern is always, in modern use, that which is to be copied; a model may be either the thing to be copied or the copy that has been made from it; as, the models in the Patent Office. A pattern is commonly superficial; a model is usually in relief. A pattern must be closely followed in its minutest particulars by a faithful copyist; a model may allow a great degree of freedom. A sculptor may idealize his living model; his workmen must exactly copy in marble or metal the model he has made in clay. Compare EXAMPLE; IDEA; IDEAL.