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
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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."
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Token as a noun:
A keepsake, memento, souvenir
Examples:
"Please accept this bustier as a token of our time together."
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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."
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Token as a noun (obsolete, sometimes, figurative):
Evidence, proof; a confirming detail; physical trace, mark, footprint.
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Token as a noun:
Support for a belief; grounds for an opinion; reason, reasoning
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Token as a noun:
An extraordinary event serving as evidence of supernatural power, a miracle
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Token as a noun:
An object or disclosure to attest or authenticate the bearer or an instruction; a password
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Token as a noun:
A seal guaranteeing the quality of an item.
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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.
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Token as a noun:
A tally
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Token as a noun (philosophy):
A particular thing to which a concept applies.
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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.
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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.
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Token as a noun (computing):
A meaningless placeholder used as a substitute for sensitive data.
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Token as a noun (grammar):
A lexeme; a basic, grammatically indivisible unit of a language such as a keyword, operator or identifier.
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Token as a noun (corpus linguistics):
A single example of a certain word in a text or corpus, as opposed to a type.
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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.
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Token as a noun (medical, obsolete):
A livid spot upon the body, indicating, or supposed to indicate, the approach of death.
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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.
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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.
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Token as a noun (mining):
A thin bed of coal indicating the existence of a thicker seam at no great distance.
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Token as a noun (rail transport):
A physical object used for exchange between drivers and signalmen on single track lines.
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Token as a noun (weaving):
In a loom, a colored signal to show the weaver which shuttle to use.
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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.
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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."
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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"
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Token as a verb:
To betoken, indicate, portend, designate, denote
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Token as a verb:
To betroth
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Token as a verb (philosophy):
To symbolize, instantiate
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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."
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Type as a noun:
An individual considered typical of its class, one regarded as typifying a certain profession, environment, etc.
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Type as a noun:
An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment.
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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."
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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."
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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."
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Type as a noun (medicine):
A blood group.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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."
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Type as a verb:
To put text on paper using a typewriter.
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Type as a verb:
To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard.
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Type as a verb:
To determine the blood type of.
Examples:
"The doctor ordered the lab to type the patient for a blood transfusion."
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Type as a verb:
To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure.
Examples:
"rfquotek White (Johnson)"
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Type as a verb:
To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify.
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Type as a verb:
To categorize into types.