Plot vs. Pilot — What's the Difference?

A plan made in secret by a group of people to do something illegal or harmful

One who operates or is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight.

The main events of a play, novel, film, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence

One who, though not belonging to a ship's company, is licensed to conduct a ship into and out of port or through dangerous waters.

A small piece of ground marked out for a purpose such as building or gardening

The helmsman of a ship.

A graph showing the relation between two variables.

One who guides or directs a course of action for others.

Secretly make plans to carry out (an illegal or harmful action)

The part of a tool, device, or machine that leads or guides the whole.

Devise the sequence of events in (a play, novel, film, or similar work)

A pilot light, as in a stove.

Mark (a route or position) on a chart

A television program produced as a prototype of a series being considered for adoption by a network.

A small piece of ground, generally used for a specific purpose

To serve as the pilot of (a plane, for example).

A measured area of land; a lot.

To steer or control the course of

A ground plan, as for a building; a diagram.

Serving as a tentative model for future experiment or development

See graph1.

Serving or leading as guide.

The pattern or sequence of interrelated events in a work of fiction, as a novel or film.

A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.

A secret plan to accomplish a hostile or illegal purpose; a scheme.

A person who knows well the depths and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.

To represent graphically, as on a chart

A guide book for maritime navigation.

To locate (points or other figures) on a graph by means of coordinates.

An instrument for detecting the compass error.

To draw (a curve) connecting points on a graph.

A pilot vehicle.

To write or develop the plot of

A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.

To form a plot for; prearrange secretly or deviously

A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.

To form or take part in a plot; scheme

Something serving as a test or trial.

To write or develop the plot for a work of fiction

(mining) The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.

(narratology) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.

(aviation) A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.

An area or land used for building on or planting on.

(television) A sample episode of a proposed TV series produced to decide if it should be made or not. If approved, typically the first episode of an actual TV series.

A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.

(rail transport) A cowcatcher.

A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.

(motorsport) A driver.

Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.

A pilot light.

Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.

One who flies a kite.

A plan; a purpose.

A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.

Attractive physical attributes of characters involved in a story, originating from ironic juxtaposition with the original meaning (course of the story).

Made or used as a test or demonstration of capability.

To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).

Used to control or activate another device.

(transitive) To trace out (a graph or diagram).

Being a vehicle to warn other road users of the presence of an oversize vehicle/combination.

(transitive) To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).

(transitive) To control (an aircraft or watercraft).

A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.

(transitive) To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.

A plantation laid out.

(transitive) To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, etc.)

A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale.

To serve as the leading locomotive on a double-headed train.

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.

One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman.

A share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.

Specifically, a person duly qualified, and licensed by authority, to conduct vessels into and out of a port, or in certain waters, for a fixed rate of fees.

Contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or intrigue.

Figuratively: A guide; a director of another through a difficult or unknown course.

A plan; a purpose.

An instrument for detecting the compass error.

In fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance, or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.

The cowcatcher of a locomotive.

To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate.

One who flies, or is qualified to fly, an airplane, balloon, or other flying machine.

To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire.

A short plug at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool. Pilots are sometimes made interchangeable.

To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.

The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.

To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly.

A filmed or taped episode of a proposed television series, produced as an example of the series. It may be shown only to those television broadcast executives who may decide whether to buy the rights to the series, or aired to test viewer reaction or to interest sponsors. Also called pilot film or pilot tape.

A secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal);

To direct the course of, as of a ship, where navigation is dangerous.

A small area of ground covered by specific vegetation;

Figuratively: To guide, as through dangers or difficulties.

The story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.;

To fly, or act as pilot of (an aircraft); to operate (an airplane).

A chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object

Someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight

Plan secretly, usually something illegal;

A person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor

Make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows how things work or how they are constructed

A program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors

Make a plat of;

An original model on which something is patterned

Small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner

An inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track

Fly a plane

Act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance;