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When you are making alphas, it says that you need a description and keywords. Is there really a difference?

Yes. You can't search for an alpha by description, nor a normal - you can only search via keywords.

I know but what is the point of a description then?

Because keywords are meant to be short, single words, to link the pattern with others. For instance, a Christmas tree pattern - Christmas, tree, December.

Yet in a description, you wouldn't write "Christmas, tree, December". You'd write "a Christmas tree pattern".

ok but isnt the pattern showing that already

That would do no good if someone didn't know what a Christmas tree was, and as such didn't know what they were looking at.

oh ok

Actually, I don't think that's true.
For example if you search for 'Arismende', and click on pattern #59257, you'll see there is only the word 'Arismende' in the description.

Indeed - but that's done as a general search, it's not done via the patterns pages (or specifically for a pattern).

Oh yes - but over there it says Matching keywords..., so it seemed kind of obvious that it would only be a search for keywords.