Scheme vs. Policy
Difference Between Scheme and Policy
Schemenoun
A systematic plan of future action.
Policynoun
(obsolete) The art of governance; political science.
Schemenoun
A plot or secret, devious plan.
Policynoun
(obsolete) A state; a polity.
Schemenoun
An orderly combination of related parts.
Policynoun
(obsolete) A set political system; civil administration.
Schemenoun
A chart or diagram of a system or object.
Policynoun
(obsolete) A trick; a stratagem.
Schemenoun
(mathematics) A type of topological space.
Policynoun
A principle of behaviour, conduct etc. thought to be desirable or necessary, especially as formally expressed by a government or other authoritative body.
The Communist Party has a policy of returning power to the workers.Schemenoun
A council housing estate.
Policynoun
Wise or advantageous conduct; prudence, formerly also with connotations of craftiness.
Schemenoun
(rhetoric) An artful deviation from the ordinary arrangement of words.
Policynoun
Specifically, political shrewdness or (formerly) cunning; statecraft.
Schemenoun
(astrology) A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event.
Policynoun
The grounds of a large country house.
Schemenoun
(internet) Part of a uniform resource identifier indicating the protocol or other purpose, such as http: or news:.
Policynoun
(obsolete) Motive; object; inducement.
Schemenoun
A portfolio of pension plans with related benefits comprising multiple independent members.
Policynoun
(law)
Schemeverb
(intransitive) To plot, or contrive a plan.
Policynoun
A contract of insurance.
Schemenoun
an elaborate and systematic plan of action
Policynoun
A document containing or certifying this contract.
Your insurance policy covers fire and theft only.Schemenoun
a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
Policynoun
(obsolete) An illegal daily lottery in late nineteenth and early twentieth century USA on numbers drawn from a lottery wheel (no plural)
Schemenoun
a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole;
a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country goingPolicynoun
A number pool lottery
Schemenoun
an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world
Policyverb
(transitive) To regulate by laws; to reduce to order.
Schemenoun
a schematic or preliminary plan
Policynoun
a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government;
they debated the policy or impolicy of the proposed legislationSchemeverb
form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
Policynoun
a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group;
it was a policy of retributiona politician keeps changing his policiesSchemeverb
devise a system or form a scheme for
Policynoun
written contract or certificate of insurance;
you should have read the small print on your policy
