Scheme vs. Policy

Scheme vs. Policy — Is There a Difference?
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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.

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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.

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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 going

Policynoun

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 legislation

Schemeverb

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 policies

Schemeverb

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