Scheme vs. Plot
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.
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.
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 startSchemenoun
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 patchSchemenoun
a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole;
a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country goingPlotnoun
the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.;
the characters were well drawn but the plot was banalSchemenoun
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 governmentSchemeverb
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
