Land vs. Plot

Land vs. Plot — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Land and Plot

Landnoun

The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.

Most insects live on land.

Plotnoun

(authorship) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.

Landnoun

Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and on which buildings can be erected.

There are 50 acres of land in this estate.

Plotnoun

An area or land used for building on or planting on.

Landnoun

A country or region.

They come from a faraway land.

Plotnoun

A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.

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Landnoun

A person's country of origin and/or homeplace; homeland.

Plotnoun

A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.

The plot would have enabled them to get a majority on the board.The assassination of Lincoln was part of a larger plot.

Landnoun

The soil, in respect to its nature or quality for farming.

wet land; good or bad land for growing potatoes

Plotnoun

Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.

Landnoun

A general country, state, or territory.

He moved from his home to settle in a faraway land.

Plotnoun

Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.

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Landnoun

realm, domain.

I'm going to Disneyland.Maybe that's how it works in TV-land, but not in the real world.

Plotnoun

A plan; a purpose.

Landnoun

(agriculture) The ground left unploughed between furrows; any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing.

Plotverb

(transitive) To conceive (a crime, etc).

They had plotted a robbery.

Landnoun

A fright.

He got an awful land when the police arrived.

Plotverb

(transitive) To trace out (a graph or diagram).

They plotted the number of edits per day.

Landnoun

(electronics) A conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires.

Plotverb

(transitive) To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).

Every five minutes they plotted their position.

Landnoun

In a compact disc or similar recording medium, an area of the medium which does not have pits.

Plotverb

(intransitive) To conceive a crime, misdeed, etc.

They were plotting against the king.

Landnoun

(travel) The non-airline portion of an itinerary. Hotel, tours, cruises, etc.

Our city offices sell a lot more land than our suburban offices.

Plotnoun

a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal);

they concocted a plot to discredit the governorI saw through his little game from the start

Landnoun

(obsolete) The ground or floor.

Plotnoun

a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation;

a bean plota cabbage patcha briar patch

Landnoun

(nautical) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; called also landing.

Plotnoun

the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.;

the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal

Landnoun

In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, such as the level part of a millstone between the furrows.

Plotnoun

a chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object

Landnoun

(ballistics) The space between the rifling grooves in a gun.

Plotverb

plan secretly, usually something illegal;

They plotted the overthrow fo the government

Landnoun

lant; urine

Plotverb

make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows how things work or how they are constructed

Landverb

(intransitive) To descend to a surface, especially from the air.

The plane is about to land.

Plotverb

make a plat of;

Plat the town

Landverb

(dated) To alight, to descend from a vehicle.

Landverb

(intransitive) To come into rest.

Landverb

(intransitive) To arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water.

Landverb

(transitive) To bring to land.

It can be tricky to land a helicopter.Use the net to land the fish.

Landverb

(transitive) To acquire; to secure.

Landverb

(transitive) To deliver.

Landadjective

Of or relating to land.

Landadjective

Residing or growing on land.

Landnoun

the land on which real estate is located;

he built the house on land leased from the city

Landnoun

material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use);

the land had never been plowedgood agricultural soil

Landnoun

the solid part of the earth's surface;

the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over landthe earth shook for several minuteshe dropped the logs on the ground

Landnoun

territory over which rule or control is exercised;

his domain extended into Europehe made it the law of the land

Landnoun

the territory occupied by a nation;

he returned to the land of his birthhe visited several European countries

Landnoun

a domain in which something is dominant;

the untroubled kingdom of reasona land of make-believethe rise of the realm of cotton in the south

Landnoun

extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use;

the family owned a large estate on Long Island

Landnoun

the people who live in a nation or country;

a statement that sums up the nation's moodthe news was announced to the nationthe whole country worshipped him

Landnoun

a politically organized body of people under a single government;

the state has elected a new presidentAfrican nationsstudents who had come to the nation's capitolthe country's largest manufactureran industrialized land

Landnoun

United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one-step photographic process (1909-1991)

Landnoun

working the land as an occupation or way of life;

farming is a strenuous lifethere's no work on the land any more

Landverb

reach or come to rest;

The bird landed on the highest branchThe plane landed in Istanbul

Landverb

cause to come to the ground;

the pilot managed to land the airplane safely

Landverb

bring into a different state;

this may land you in jail

Landverb

bring ashore;

The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island

Landverb

deliver (a blow);

He landed several blows on his opponent's head

Landverb

arrive on shore;

The ship landed in Pearl Harbor

Landverb

shoot at and force to come down;

the enemy landed several of our aircraft

Landadjective

relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land;

land vehiclessea storiessea smellssea traffic

Landadjective

operating or living or growing in water;

boats are aquatic vehicleswater lilies are aquatic plantsfish are aquatic animals