Plot vs. Flat — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Plot and Flat
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Plot
A plan made in secret by a group of people to do something illegal or harmful
There's a plot to overthrow the government
Flat
Having a level surface; without raised areas or indentations
He sat down on a flat rock
Trim the surface of the cake to make it completely flat
Plot
The main events of a play, novel, film, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence
The plot consists almost entirely of a man and woman falling in love
He outlined his idea for a movie plot
Flat
Lacking emotion; dull and lifeless
‘I'm sorry,’ he said, in a flat voice
Plot
A small piece of ground marked out for a purpose such as building or gardening
A vegetable plot
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Flat
(of a sparkling drink) having lost its effervescence
She sipped some of the flat champagne
Plot
A graph showing the relation between two variables.
Flat
(of a fee, wage, or price) the same in all cases, not varying with changed conditions or in particular cases
A flat fare of £2.50
Plot
Secretly make plans to carry out (an illegal or harmful action)
The two men are serving sentences for plotting a bomb campaign
Brother plots against brother
Flat
(of musical sound) below true or normal pitch.
Plot
Devise the sequence of events in (a play, novel, film, or similar work)
In a crime story you have to plot carefully to achieve the surprise at the end
She would plot a chapter as she drove
Flat
Relating to flat racing
The Flat season
Plot
Mark (a route or position) on a chart
He started to plot lines of ancient sites
Flat
In or to a horizontal position
She had been knocked flat by the blast
He was lying flat on his back
Plot
A small piece of ground, generally used for a specific purpose
A garden plot.
Flat
Completely; absolutely
I thought you'd turn me down flat
Myers was flat broke
Plot
A measured area of land; a lot.
Flat
Below the true or normal pitch of musical sound
It wasn't a question of singing flat, but of simply singing the wrong notes
Plot
A ground plan, as for a building; a diagram.
Flat
The flat part of something
She placed the flat of her hand over her glass
Plot
See graph1.
Flat
An upright section of stage scenery mounted on a movable frame.
Plot
The pattern or sequence of interrelated events in a work of fiction, as a novel or film.
Flat
A flat tyre
I've got a flat—there were nails under the wheel
Plot
A secret plan to accomplish a hostile or illegal purpose; a scheme.
Flat
Flat racing.
Plot
To represent graphically, as on a chart
Plot a ship's course.
Flat
A musical note lowered a semitone below natural pitch.
Plot
To locate (points or other figures) on a graph by means of coordinates.
Flat
A set of rooms forming an individual residence, typically on one floor and within a larger building containing a number of such residences.
A block of flats
Plot
To draw (a curve) connecting points on a graph.
Flat
Lower (a note) by a semitone
‘blue’ harmony emphasizing the flatted third and seventh
Plot
To write or develop the plot of
"I began plotting novels at about the time I learned to read" (James Baldwin).
Flat
Make flat; flatten
Flat the loaves down
Plot
To form a plot for; prearrange secretly or deviously
Plot an assassination.
Flat
Live in or share a flat
Zoë flats in Auckland
Plot
To form or take part in a plot; scheme
Were plotting for months before the attack.
Flat
Having a smooth, even surface
A flat field.
Plot
To write or develop the plot for a work of fiction
A good mystery writer must plot well.
Flat
Having a relatively broad level surface in relation to thickness or depth
A flat box.
Plot
(narratology) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
Flat
Being in horizontal position; lying down
Flat on his back.
Plot
An area or land used for building on or planting on.
Flat
Being without slope or curvature
A flat line on a chart.
Plot
A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
Flat
Having a low heel or no heel
Flat shoes.
Plot
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.
Flat
Free of qualification; absolute
A flat refusal.
Plot
Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
Flat
Fixed; unvarying
A flat rate.
Plot
Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
Flat
Lacking interest or excitement; dull
A flat scenario.
Plot
A plan; a purpose.
Flat
Lacking in flavor
A flat stew that needs salt.
Plot
Attractive physical attributes of characters involved in a story, originating from ironic juxtaposition with the original meaning (course of the story).
I'm not sure what's happening in that show, I mainly watch it for the plot.
Flat
Having lost effervescence or sparkle
Flat beer.
Plot
To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).
They had plotted a robbery.
They were plotting against the king.
Flat
Deflated. Used of a tire.
Plot
(transitive) To trace out (a graph or diagram).
They plotted the number of edits per day.
Flat
Electrically discharged. Used of a storage battery.
Plot
(transitive) To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).
Every five minutes they plotted their position.
Flat
Of or relating to a horizontal line that displays no ups or downs and signifies the absence of physiological activity
A flat electroencephalogram indicates a loss of brain function.
Plot
A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.
Flat
Of or relating to a hierarchy with relatively few tiers or levels
A flat organization chart.
Plot
A plantation laid out.
Flat
Commercially inactive; sluggish
Flat sales for the month.
Plot
A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale.
Flat
Unmodulated; monotonous
A flat voice.
Plot
Any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a conspiracy; an intrigue; as, the Rye-house Plot.
I have overheard a plot of death.
O, think what anxious moments pass betweenThe birth of plots and their last fatal periods!
Flat
Lacking variety in tint or shading; uniform
"The sky was bright but flat, the color of oyster shells" (Anne Tyler).
Plot
A share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
And when Christ saith, Who marries the divorced commits adultery, it is to be understood, if he had any plot in the divorce.
Flat
Not glossy; matte
Flat paint.
Plot
Contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
Flat
Being below the correct pitch.
Plot
A plan; a purpose.
Flat
Being one half step lower than the corresponding natural key
The key of B flat.
Plot
In fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance, or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
If the plot or intrigue must be natural, and such as springs from the subject, then the winding up of the plot must be a probable consequence of all that went before.
Flat
Designating the vowel a as pronounced in bad or cat.
Plot
To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate.
This treatise plotteth down Cornwall as it now standeth.
Flat
(Nautical) Taut. Used of a sail.
Plot
To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire.
The wicked plotteth against the just.
Flat
(Informal) Having small breasts.
Plot
To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.
The prince did plot to be secretly gone.
Flat
Level with the ground; horizontally.
Plot
To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly.
Flat
On or up against a flat surface; at full length.
Plot
A secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal);
They concocted a plot to discredit the governor
I saw through his little game from the start
Flat
So as to be flat.
Plot
A small area of ground covered by specific vegetation;
A bean plot
A cabbage patch
A briar patch
Flat
Directly; completely
Went flat against the rules.
Flat broke.
Plot
The story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.;
The characters were well drawn but the plot was banal
Flat
Exactly; precisely
Arrived in six minutes flat.
Plot
A chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object
Flat
(Music) Below the intended pitch.
Plot
Plan secretly, usually something illegal;
They plotted the overthrow fo the government
Flat
(Business) Without interest charge.
Plot
Make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows how things work or how they are constructed
Flat
A flat surface or part.
Plot
Make a plat of;
Plat the town
Flat
Often flats A stretch of level ground
Salt flats.
Flat
A shallow frame or box for seeds or seedlings.
Flat
A movable section of stage scenery, usually consisting of a wooden frame and a decorated panel of wood or cloth.
Flat
A flatcar.
Flat
A deflated tire.
Flat
A shoe with a flat heel.
Flat
A large flat piece of mail.
Flat
A horse that competes in a flat race. Also called runner.
Flat
A sign (♭) used to indicate that a note is to be lowered by a semitone.
Flat
A note that is lowered a semitone.
Flat
(Football) The area of the field to either side of an offensive formation.
Flat
An apartment on one floor of a building.
Flat
(Archaic) A story in a house.
Flat
To make flat; flatten.
Flat
(Music) To lower (a note) a semitone.
Flat
To sing or play below the proper pitch.
Flat
Having no variations in height.
The land around here is flat.
Flat
In a horizontal line or plane; not sloping.
A flat roof
Flat
Smooth; having no protrusions, indentations or other surface irregularities, or relatively so.
The surface of the mirror must be completely flat.
The carpet isn't properly flat in that corner.
She has quite a flat face.
Flat
(slang) Having small or invisible breasts and/or buttocks.
That girl is completely flat on both sides.
Flat
Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc.
The exchange rate has been flat for several weeks.
Flat
At a consistently depressed level; consistently lacklustre.
Sales have been flat all year, and we've barely broken even.
Flat
Of fees, fares etc., fixed; unvarying.
A flat fee
Flat rates
A flat fare on public transport
Flat
Without variations in pitch.
He delivered the speech in a flat tone.
Flat
(of colours) Without variation in tone or hue (uniform), and dull (not glossy).
The walls were painted a flat gray.
Flat
(figurative) Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; uninteresting; dull and boring.
The party was a bit flat.
The market is flat today as most traders are on holiday.
The dialogue in your screenplay is flat — you need to make it more exciting.
Flat
Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.
The author added a chapter to flesh out the book's flatter characters.
Flat
Lowered by one semitone.
Flat
(music) Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
Your A string is flat.
Flat
Absolute; downright; peremptory.
His claim was in flat contradiction to experimental results.
I'm not going to the party and that's flat.
Flat
(of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
Flat
(of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.
Flat
(wine) Lacking acidity without being sweet.
Flat
(of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.
Flat
Without spin; spinless.
Flat
Sonant; vocal, as distinguished from a sharp (non-sonant) consonant.
Flat
(grammar) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "to".
Many flat adverbs, as in 'run fast', 'buy cheap', etc. are from Old English.
Flat
Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
Flat
Flattening at the ends.
Flat
(of measurements of time) Exact.
He finished the race in a flat four minutes.
Flat
So as to be flat.
Spread the tablecloth flat over the table.
Flat
Bluntly.
I asked him if he wanted to marry me and he turned me down flat.
Flat
(of accurately measured timings) Exactly, precisely.
In the mile race, Smith's time was 3:58.56, and Brown's was four minutes flat.
Flat
Used to emphasize the smallness of the measurement.
He can run a mile in four minutes flat.
Flat
Completely.
I am flat broke this month.
Flat
Directly; flatly.
Flat
Without allowance for accrued interest.
The bonds are trading flat.
Flat
An area of level ground (sometimes covered with water).
The hovercraft skimmed across the open flats.
The eastern end of the salt flat; mud flat, tidal flat, flood flat
Flat
(in the phrase 'the flat') Level ground in general.
I can run on the flat but not up hills.
The going will be easier once we're through these mountains and onto the flat.
Flat
Level horse-racing ground, as contrasted with courses incorporating jumps, or the racing done on such ground.
This horse will do better over the flat.
Flat racing, the flat season
Flat
The area in the centre of a racecourse.
Flat
(music) A note played a semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).
The key of E♭ has three flats.
Flat
A flat tyre/flat tire.
Flat
(in the plural) A type of ladies' shoe with a very low heel.
She liked to walk in her flats more than in her high heels.
Flat
(in the plural) A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.
Flat
(painting) A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolour painting.
Flat
The flat part of something:
Flat
(swordfighting) The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge.
Flat
The palm of the hand, with the adjacent part of the fingers.
Flat
A wide, shallow container or pallet.
A flat of strawberries
Flat
(mail) A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.
Flat
A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.
Flat
A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.
Flat
(geometry) A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.
Flat
A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.
Flat
A flat sheet for use on a bed.
Flat
(publishing) A flat, glossy children's book with few pages.
Flat
A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.
Flat
(mining) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.
Flat
(technical, theatre, stagecraft) A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin, often produced in standard modules, that is used to build wall surfaces on stage. Flats can be painted and outfitted with doors and/or windows to depict a building or other part of a scene. It's a hard-surfaced alternative to a backcloth orbackdrop.
Flat
(entomology) Any of various hesperiid butterflies that spread their wings open when they land.
Flat
(historical) An early kind of toy soldier having a flat design.
Flat
(obsolete) A dull fellow; a simpleton.
Flat
(optics) A flat (i.e. plane) mirror
Flat
A cheater's die with the edges shaved to make certain rolls more likely.
Flat
An apartment, usually on one level and usually consisting of more than one room.
Flat
(poker slang) To make a flat call; to call without raising.
Flat
(intransitive) To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
Flat
To fall from the pitch.
Flat
To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
Flat
To make flat; to flatten; to level.
Flat
To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.
Flat
To beat or strike; pound
Flat
(transitive) To dash or throw
Flat
(intransitive) To dash, rush
Flat
Having an even and horizontal surface, or nearly so, without prominences or depressions; level without inclination; plane.
Though sun and moonWere in the flat sea sunk.
Flat
Lying at full length, or spread out, upon the ground; level with the ground or earth; prostrate; as, to lie flat on the ground; hence, fallen; laid low; ruined; destroyed.
What ruins kingdoms, and lays cities flat!
I feel . . . my hopes all flat.
Flat
Wanting relief; destitute of variety; without points of prominence and striking interest.
A large part of the work is, to me, very flat.
Flat
Tasteless; stale; vapid; insipid; dead; as, fruit or drink flat to the taste.
Flat
Unanimated; dull; uninteresting; without point or spirit; monotonous; as, a flat speech or composition.
How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitableSeem to me all the uses of this world.
Flat
Lacking liveliness of commercial exchange and dealings; depressed; dull; as, the market is flat.
Flat
Clear; unmistakable; peremptory; absolute; positive; downright.
Flat burglary as ever was committed.
A great tobacco taker too, - that's flat.
Flat
Below the true pitch; hence, as applied to intervals, minor, or lower by a half step; as, a flat seventh; A flat.
Flat
Sonant; vocal; - applied to any one of the sonant or vocal consonants, as distinguished from a nonsonant (or sharp) consonant.
Flat
Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft; - said of a club.
Flat
Not having an inflectional ending or sign, as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix, or an infinitive without the sign to. Many flat adverbs, as in run fast, buy cheap, are from AS. adverbs in -ë, the loss of this ending having made them like the adjectives. Some having forms in ly, such as exceeding, wonderful, true, are now archaic.
Flat
Flattening at the ends; - said of certain fruits.
Of all who fell by saber or by shot,Not one fell half so flat as Walter Scott.
Flat
In a flat manner; directly; flatly.
Sin is flat opposite to the Almighty.
Flat
Without allowance for accrued interest.
Flat
A level surface, without elevation, relief, or prominences; an extended plain; specifically, in the United States, a level tract along the along the banks of a river; as, the Mohawk Flats.
Envy is as the sunbeams that beat hotter upon a bank, or steep rising ground, than upon a flat.
Flat
A level tract lying at little depth below the surface of water, or alternately covered and left bare by the tide; a shoal; a shallow; a strand.
Half my power, this nightPassing these flats, are taken by the tide.
Flat
Something broad and flat in form
Flat
The flat part, or side, of anything; as, the broad side of a blade, as distinguished from its edge.
Flat
A floor, loft, or story in a building;
Flat
A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.
Flat
A dull fellow; a simpleton; a numskull.
Or if you can not make a speech,Because you are a flat.
Flat
A character [$] before a note, indicating a tone which is a half step or semitone lower.
Flat
A homaloid space or extension.
Flat
To make flat; to flatten; to level.
Flat
To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.
Passions are allayed, appetites are flatted.
Flat
To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
Flat
To become flat, or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
Flat
To fall form the pitch.
Flat
A level tract of land
Flat
A shallow box in which seedlings are started
Flat
A musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
Flat
Freight car without permanent sides or roof
Flat
A deflated pneumatic tire
Flat
Scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
Flat
A suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
Flat
Having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or lower than another;
A flat desk
Acres of level farmland
A plane surface
Flat
Having no depth or thickness
Flat
Not modified or restricted by reservations;
A categorical denial
A flat refusal
Flat
Stretched out and lying at full length along the ground;
Found himself lying flat on the floor
Flat
Lacking contrast or shading between tones
Flat
Lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone;
B flat
C sharp
Flat
Flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
Flat
Lacking taste or flavor or tang;
A bland diet
Insipid hospital food
Flavorless supermarket tomatoes
Vapid beer
Vapid tea
Flat
Lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting;
A bland little drama
A flat joke
Flat
Having lost effervescence;
Flat beer
A flat cola
Flat
Not increasing as the amount taxed increases
Flat
Not made with leavening;
Most flat breads are made from unleavened dough
Flat
Parallel to the ground;
A flat roof
Flat
Without pleats
Flat
Lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth;
A film with two-dimensional characters
A flat two-dimensional painting
Flat
(of a tire) completely or partially deflated
Flat
Not reflecting light; not glossy;
Flat wall paint
A photograph with a matte finish
Flat
Lacking variety in shading;
A flat unshaded painting
Flat
At full length;
He fell flat on his face
Flat
With flat sails;
Sail flat against the wind
Flat
Below the proper pitch;
She sang flat last night
Flat
Against a flat surface;
He lay flat on his back
Flat
In a forthright manner; candidly or frankly;
He didn't answer directly
Told me straight out
Came out flat for less work and more pay
Flat
Wholly or completely;
He is flat broke
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