Manifest vs. Plain — What's the Difference?

Clear or obvious to the eye or mind

In geography, a plain is a flat expanse of land that generally does not change much in elevation, and are primarily treeless. Plains occur as lowlands along valleys or at the base of mountains, as coastal plains, and as plateaus or uplands.In a valley, a plain is enclosed on two sides, but in other cases a plain may be delineated by a complete or partial ring of hills, by mountains, or by cliffs.

Show (a quality or feeling) by one's acts or appearance; demonstrate

Not decorated or elaborate; simple or basic in character

Record in a manifest

Having no pretensions; not remarkable or special

A document listing a ship's contents, cargo, passengers, and crew, for the use of customs officers.

Easy to perceive or understand; clear

Clearly apparent to the sight or understanding; obvious.

(of a person) not beautiful or attractive

To show or demonstrate plainly; reveal

Sheer; simple (used for emphasis)

To record in a ship's manifest.

Denoting or relating to a type of knitting stitch produced by putting the needle through the front of each stitch from left to right.

To display or present a manifest of (cargo).

Used for emphasis

To become manifest; be revealed

Clearly or unequivocally

A list of cargo or passengers carried on a ship or plane.

A large area of flat land with few trees

An invoice of goods carried on a truck or train.

Mourn or lament.

A list of railroad cars according to owner and location.

Free from obstructions; open; clear

Evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent; distinctly perceived.

Obvious to the perception or mind; evident

Obvious to the understanding; apparent to the mind; easily apprehensible; plain; not obscure or hidden.

Not elaborate or complicated; simple

Detected; convicted.

Marked by little or no ornamentation or decoration

A list or invoice of the passengers or goods being carried by a commercial vehicle or ship.

Straightforward; frank or candid

(computing) A file containing metadata describing other files.

Not pretentious; unaffected.

(obsolete) A public declaration; an open statement; a manifesto.

Lacking beauty or distinction

(transitive) To show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, usually to the mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to exhibit.

Not mixed with other substances; pure

(intransitive) To become manifest; to be revealed.

Common in rank or station; average; ordinary

To will something to exist.

Not dyed, twilled, or patterned

(transitive) To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse.

Sheer; utter; unqualified

Evident to the senses, esp. to the sight; apparent; distinctly perceived; hence, obvious to the understanding; apparent to the mind; easily apprehensible; plain; not obscure or hidden.

(Archaic) Having no visible elevation or depression; flat; level.

Detected; convicted; - with of.

Often plains An extensive, level, usually treeless area of land.

A public declaration; an open statement; a manifesto. See Manifesto.

A broad level expanse, as a part of the sea floor or a lunar mare.

A list or invoice of a ship's cargo, containing a description by marks, numbers, etc., of each package of goods, to be exhibited at the customhouse; as, to inspect the ship's manifest.

Something free of ornamentation or extraneous matter.

To show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, - usually to the mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to exhibit.

Clearly; simply

To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse.

Flat, level.

A customs document listing the contents put on a ship or plane

Simple, unaltered.

Provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes;

Ordinary; lacking adornment or ornamentation; unembellished.

Record in a ship's manifest;

Of just one colour; lacking a pattern.

Reveal its presence or make an appearance;

Simple in habits or qualities; unsophisticated, not exceptional, ordinary.

Clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses;

(of food) Having only few ingredients, or no additional ingredients or seasonings; not elaborate, without toppings or extras.

(computing) Containing no extended or nonprinting characters (especially in plain text).

Obvious.

Evident to one's senses or reason; manifest, clear, unmistakable.

Downright; total, unmistakable (as intensifier).

Open.

Honest and without deception; candid, open; blunt.

Clear; unencumbered; equal; fair.

Not unusually beautiful; unattractive.

(card games) Not a trump.

(obsolete) Full, complete in number or extent.

(colloquial) Simply.

(archaic) Plainly; distinctly.

A lamentation.

An expanse of land with relatively low relief, usually exclusive of forests, deserts, and wastelands.

(archaic) field in reference to a battlefield.

(obsolete) plane: a flat geometric field.

To complain.

To lament, bewail.

To level; to raze; to make plain or even on the surface.

To make plain or manifest; to explain.

To lament; to bewail; to complain.

To lament; to mourn over; as, to plain a loss.

To plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface.

To make plain or manifest; to explain.

Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See Plane.

Open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair.

Not intricate or difficult; evident; manifest; obvious; clear; unmistakable.

Void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple.

In a plain manner; plainly.

Level land; usually, an open field or a broad stretch of land with an even surface, or a surface little varied by inequalities; as, the plain of Jordan; the American plains, or prairies.

A field of battle.

Extensive tract of level open land;

A basic knitting stitch

Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness;

Clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses;

Not elaborate or elaborated; simple;

Lacking patterns especially in color

Not mixed with extraneous elements;

Free from any effort to soften to disguise;

Lacking embellishment or ornamentation;

Lacking stylistic embellishment;

Comprehensible to the general public;

Lacking in physical beauty or proportion;

Unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly');