Scheme vs. Plot

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

Schemenoun

A systematic plan of future action.

Plotnoun

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

Schemenoun

A plot or secret, devious plan.

Plotnoun

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

Schemenoun

An orderly combination of related parts.

Plotnoun

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

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Schemenoun

A chart or diagram of a system or object.

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.

Schemenoun

(mathematics) A type of topological space.

Plotnoun

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

Schemenoun

A council housing estate.

Plotnoun

Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.

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Schemenoun

(rhetoric) An artful deviation from the ordinary arrangement of words.

Plotnoun

A plan; a purpose.

Schemenoun

(astrology) A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event.

Plotverb

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

They had plotted a robbery.

Schemenoun

(internet) Part of a uniform resource identifier indicating the protocol or other purpose, such as http: or news:.

Plotverb

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

They plotted the number of edits per day.

Schemenoun

A portfolio of pension plans with related benefits comprising multiple independent members.

Plotverb

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

Every five minutes they plotted their position.

Schemeverb

(intransitive) To plot, or contrive a plan.

Plotverb

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

They were plotting against the king.

Schemenoun

an elaborate and systematic plan of action

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

Schemenoun

a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery

Plotnoun

a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation;

a bean plota cabbage patcha briar patch

Schemenoun

a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole;

a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going

Plotnoun

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

the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal

Schemenoun

an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world

Plotnoun

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

Schemenoun

a schematic or preliminary plan

Plotverb

plan secretly, usually something illegal;

They plotted the overthrow fo the government

Schemeverb

form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

Plotverb

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

Schemeverb

devise a system or form a scheme for

Plotverb

make a plat of;

Plat the town