The difference between Token and Type

When used as nouns, token means something serving as an expression of something else, whereas type means a grouping based on shared characteristics.

When used as verbs, token means to betoken, indicate, portend, designate, denote, whereas type means to put text on paper using a typewriter.


Token is also adjective with the meaning: done as an indication or a pledge.

check bellow for the other definitions of Token and Type

  1. Token as a noun:

    Something serving as an expression of something else; sign, symbol

    Examples:

    "According to the Bible, the rainbow is a token of God's covenant with Noah."

  2. Token as a noun:

    A keepsake, memento, souvenir

    Examples:

    "Please accept this bustier as a token of our time together."

  3. Token as a noun:

    A piece of stamped metal or plastic, etc., used as a substitute for money; a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services

    Examples:

    "Subway tokens are being replaced by magnetic cards."

    "A book token is the easiest option for a Christmas gift."

  4. Token as a noun (obsolete, sometimes, figurative):

    Evidence, proof; a confirming detail; physical trace, mark, footprint.

  5. Token as a noun:

    Support for a belief; grounds for an opinion; reason, reasoning

  6. Token as a noun:

    An extraordinary event serving as evidence of supernatural power, a miracle

  7. Token as a noun:

    An object or disclosure to attest or authenticate the bearer or an instruction; a password

  8. Token as a noun:

    A seal guaranteeing the quality of an item.

  9. Token as a noun:

    Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith.

  10. Token as a noun:

    A tally

  11. Token as a noun (philosophy):

    A particular thing to which a concept applies.

  12. Token as a noun (computing):

    An atomic piece of data, such as a word, for which a meaning may be inferred during parsing. Also called a symbol.

  13. Token as a noun (computing):

    A conceptual object that can be possessed by a computer, process, etc. in order to regulate a turn-taking system such as a token ring network.

  14. Token as a noun (computing):

    A meaningless placeholder used as a substitute for sensitive data.

  15. Token as a noun (grammar):

    A lexeme; a basic, grammatically indivisible unit of a language such as a keyword, operator or identifier.

  16. Token as a noun (corpus linguistics):

    A single example of a certain word in a text or corpus, as opposed to a type.

  17. Token as a noun (medical):

    A characteristic sign of a disease or of a bodily disorder, a symptom; a sign of a bodily condition, recovery, or health.

  18. Token as a noun (medical, obsolete):

    A livid spot upon the body, indicating, or supposed to indicate, the approach of death.

  19. Token as a noun (printing):

    Ten and a half quires, or, commonly, 250 sheets, of paper printed on both sides; also, in some cases, the same number of sheets printed on one side, or half the number printed on both sides.

  20. Token as a noun (mining):

    A bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sends one of these with each corf or tub he has hewn.

  21. Token as a noun (mining):

    A thin bed of coal indicating the existence of a thicker seam at no great distance.

  22. Token as a noun (rail transport):

    A physical object used for exchange between drivers and signalmen on single track lines.

  23. Token as a noun (weaving):

    In a loom, a colored signal to show the weaver which shuttle to use.

  24. Token as a noun (Church of Scotland):

    A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper.

  1. Token as an adjective:

    Done as an indication or a pledge; perfunctory, minimal or merely symbolic.

    Examples:

    "He made a token tap on the brake pedal at the stop sign."

  2. Token as an adjective:

    a minor attempt for appearance sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement

    Examples:

    "he was hired as the company's token black person"

    "the television show was primarily directed toward a black audience, but it did have a few token white people as performers"

  1. Token as a verb:

    To betoken, indicate, portend, designate, denote

  2. Token as a verb:

    To betroth

  3. Token as a verb (philosophy):

    To symbolize, instantiate

  1. Type as a noun:

    A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.

    Examples:

    "This type of plane can handle rough weather more easily than that type of plane."

  2. Type as a noun:

    An individual considered typical of its class, one regarded as typifying a certain profession, environment, etc.

  3. Type as a noun:

    An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment.

  4. Type as a noun (printing, countable):

    A letter or character used for printing, historically a cast or engraved block. Such types collectively, or a set of type of one font or size. Text printed with such type, or imitating its characteristics.

    Examples:

    "The headline was set in bold type."

  5. Type as a noun (taxonomy):

    Something, often a specimen, selected as an objective anchor to connect a scientific name to a taxon; this need not be representative or typical.

    Examples:

    "the type of a genus, family, etc."

  6. Type as a noun:

    Preferred sort of person; sort of person that one is attracted to.

    Examples:

    "We can't get along: he's just not my type."

    "He was exactly her type."

  7. Type as a noun (medicine):

    A blood group.

  8. Type as a noun (corpus linguistics):

    A word that occurs in a text or corpus irrespective of how many times it occurs, as opposed to a token.

  9. Type as a noun (theology):

    An event or person that prefigures or foreshadows a later event - commonly an Old Testament event linked to Christian times.

  10. Type as a noun (computing theory):

    A tag attached to variables and values used in determining which kinds of value can be used in which situations; a data type.

  11. Type as a noun (fine arts):

    The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; especially, the design on the face of a medal or a coin.

  12. Type as a noun (chemistry):

    A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived.

    Examples:

    "The fundamental types used to express the simplest and most essential chemical relations are hydrochloric acid, water, ammonia, and methane."

  13. Type as a noun (mathematics):

    A part of the partition of the object domain of a logical theory (which due to the existence of such partition, would be called a typed theory). (Note: this corresponds to the notion of "data type" in computing theory.)

    Examples:

    "Categorial grammar is like a combination of context-free grammar and types."

  1. Type as a verb:

    To put text on paper using a typewriter.

  2. Type as a verb:

    To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard.

  3. Type as a verb:

    To determine the blood type of.

    Examples:

    "The doctor ordered the lab to type the patient for a blood transfusion."

  4. Type as a verb:

    To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek White (Johnson)"

  5. Type as a verb:

    To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify.

  6. Type as a verb:

    To categorize into types.