Plotting vs. Scheming — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Plotting and Scheming
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Plotting
A small piece of ground, generally used for a specific purpose
A garden plot.
Scheming
A systematic plan of action
"Did you ever carry out your scheme of writing a series of sonnets embodying all the great epochs of art?" (Edith Wharton).
Plotting
A measured area of land; a lot.
Scheming
A secret or devious plan; a plot
A scheme to defraud investors.
Plotting
A ground plan, as for a building; a diagram.
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Scheming
An orderly plan or arrangement of related parts
An irrigation scheme with dams, reservoirs, and channels.
Plotting
See graph1.
Scheming
A chart, diagram, or outline of a system or object.
Plotting
The pattern or sequence of interrelated events in a work of fiction, as a novel or film.
Scheming
To contrive a plan or scheme for; plot
Scheming their revenge.
Plotting
A secret plan to accomplish a hostile or illegal purpose; a scheme.
Scheming
To make plans, especially secret or devious ones.
Plotting
To represent graphically, as on a chart
Plot a ship's course.
Scheming
Present participle of scheme
Plotting
To locate (points or other figures) on a graph by means of coordinates.
Scheming
(pejorative) Tending to scheme; forming underhand plots.
Plotting
To draw (a curve) connecting points on a graph.
Scheming
The activity or practice of making secret or underhanded plans.
Plotting
To write or develop the plot of
"I began plotting novels at about the time I learned to read" (James Baldwin).
Scheming
Given to forming schemes; artful; intriguing.
Plotting
To form a plot for; prearrange secretly or deviously
Plot an assassination.
Scheming
Used of persons;
The most calculating and selfish men in the community
Plotting
To form or take part in a plot; scheme
Were plotting for months before the attack.
Scheming
Concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest;
A selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue
A scheming wife
A scheming gold digger
Plotting
To write or develop the plot for a work of fiction
A good mystery writer must plot well.
Plotting
Present participle of plot
Plotting
The act of scheming or making plots; machination.
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