Drawing vs. Plan
Difference Between Drawing and Plan
Drawingverb
present participle of draw
Plannoun
A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.
The plans for many important buildings were once publicly available.Drawingnoun
A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.
Plannoun
A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
He didn't really have a plan; he had a goal and a habit of control.Drawingnoun
The act of producing such a picture.
Plannoun
A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the elevation.
Seen in plan, the building had numerous passageways not apparent to visitors.Drawingnoun
Such acts practiced as a graphic art form.
Plannoun
A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
Drawingnoun
The process of drawing or pulling something.
Proverb: An official is great in his office as a well is rich in drawings of water.Plannoun
A subscription to a service; e.g., a phone plan, an Internet plan.
Drawingnoun
An act or event in which the outcome (e.g., designating a winner) is selected by chance in the form of a blind draw, notably of lots; especially such a contest in which a winning name or number is selected randomly by removing (or drawing) it from a container, popularly a hat).
Planverb
(transitive) To design (a building, machine, etc.).
The architect planned the building for the client.Drawingnoun
A small portion of tea for steeping.
Planverb
(transitive) To create a plan for.
They jointly planned the project in phases, with good detail for the first month.Drawingnoun
an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book or magazine;
it is shown by the drawing in Fig. 7Planverb
(intransitive) To intend.
He planned to go, but work intervened.Drawingnoun
a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines;
drawings of abstract formshe did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniaturesPlanverb
See plan on.
I was planning on going, but something came up.Drawingnoun
the creation of artistic drawings;
he learned drawing from his fatherPlanverb
(intransitive) To make a plan.
They planned for the worst, bringing lots of emergency supplies.Drawingnoun
players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed according to the drawing of lots
Plannoun
a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished;
they drew up a six-step planthey discussed plans for a new bond issueDrawingnoun
act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source;
the drawing of water from the wellPlannoun
an arrangement scheme;
the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficultit was an excellent design for livinga plan for seating guestsDrawingnoun
the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling
Plannoun
scale drawing of a structure;
the plans for City Hall were on filePlanverb
have the will and intention to carry out some action;
He plans to be in graduate school next yearThe rebels had planned turmoil and confusionPlanverb
make plans for something;
He is planning a trip with his familyPlanverb
make or work out a plan for; devise;
They contrived to murder their bossdesign a new sales strategyplan an attackPlanverb
make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form;
design a better mousetrapplan the new wing of the museum
