Program vs. Plan — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Program and Plan
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Program
A listing of the order of events and other pertinent information for a public presentation.
Plan
A plan is typically any diagram or list of steps with details of timing and resources, used to achieve an objective to do something. It is commonly understood as a temporal set of intended actions through which one expects to achieve a goal.
Program
The presentation itself
A program of piano pieces.
Plan
An orderly or step-by-step conception or proposal for accomplishing an objective
A plan for improving math instruction.
Program
A scheduled radio or television show.
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Plan
A proposed or intended course of action
Had no plans for the evening.
Program
An ordered list of events to take place or procedures to be followed; a schedule
A program of physical therapy for a convalescent.
Plan
A systematic arrangement of elements or important parts; a configuration or outline
A seating plan.
The plan of a story.
Program
A system of services, opportunities, or projects, usually designed to meet a social need
"Working parents rely on the center's after-school latchkey program" (New York Times).
Plan
A drawing or diagram made to scale showing the structure or arrangement of something.
Program
A course of academic study; a curriculum.
Plan
In perspective rendering, one of several imaginary planes perpendicular to the line of vision between the viewer and the object being depicted.
Program
A plan or system of academic and related or ancillary activities
A work-study program.
Plan
A program or policy stipulating a service or benefit
A pension plan.
Program
A plan or system of nonacademic extracurricular activities
The football program.
Plan
To formulate a scheme or program for the accomplishment, enactment, or attainment of
Plan a campaign.
Program
A set of coded instructions that enables a machine, especially a computer, to perform a desired sequence of operations.
Plan
To have as a specific aim or purpose; intend
They plan to buy a house.
Program
An instruction sequence in programmed instruction.
Plan
To draw or make a graphic representation of.
Program
All or part of the genetic code of a cell or organism.
Plan
To make plans.
Program
A characteristic sequence of developmental or behavioral events in a cell or organism, often considered to result from the expression of genes.
Plan
A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.
The plans for many important buildings were once publicly available.
Program
A stimulus or training sequence that causes an organism to exhibit a behavior, as by conditioning.
Plan
A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
He didn't really have a plan; he had a goal and a habit of control.
Program
To include or schedule in a program
Program a new musical composition.
Plan
A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the elevation.
Seen in plan, the building had numerous passageways not apparent to visitors.
Program
To design a program for; schedule the activities of.
Plan
A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
Program
To provide (a machine) with a set of coded working instructions.
Plan
A subscription to a service.
A phone plan
An Internet plan
Program
To stimulate or train to perform automatically in a specified way
Consumers who have been programmed to buy brand names.
Plan
(transitive) To design (a building, machine, etc.).
The architect planned the building for the client.
Program
To prepare an instructional sequence for (material to be taught) in programmed instruction.
Plan
(transitive) To create a plan for.
They jointly planned the project in phases, with good detail for the first month.
Program
To provide (a cell or organism, for example) with a genetic program
Cells that are programmed to produce insulin.
Plan
(intransitive) To intend.
He planned to go, but work intervened.
Program
To cause (an effect or action) by means of a genetic program; determine genetically
"The basic housekeeping duties that a human and a yeast cell must perform are the same and are programmed by recognizably similar genes inherited from a common, single-celled ancestor" (Nicholas Wade).
Plan
(intransitive) To make a plan.
They planned for the worst, bringing lots of emergency supplies.
Program
A set of structured activities.
Our program for today’s exercise class includes swimming and jogging.
Plan
A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation or delineation of a horizontal section of anything, as of a building; a graphic representation; a diagram.
Program
A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
The program consisted of ads for restaurants and the credits of everyone connected with the play.
Plan
A scheme devised; a method of action or procedure expressed or described in language; a project; as, the plan of a constitution; the plan of an expedition.
God's plans like lines pure and white unfold.
Program
(politics) A set of principle goals which are supported by a political party or individual candidate
Plan
A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
The simple plan,That they should take who have the power,And they should keep who can.
Program
(broadcasting) A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
Tonight’s program was hosted by Johnny Carson.
Plan
To form a delineation of; to draught; to represent, as by a diagram.
Program
(computing) A software application, or a collection of software applications, designed to perform a specific task.
The program runs on both Linux and Microsoft Windows.
Plan
To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country.
Even in penance, planning sins anew.
Program
A particular mindset or method of doing things.
Plan
A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished;
They drew up a six-step plan
They discussed plans for a new bond issue
Program
(transitive) To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
He programmed the DVR to record his favorite show.
Plan
An arrangement scheme;
The awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult
It was an excellent design for living
A plan for seating guests
Program
(transitive) To develop (software) by writing program code.
I programmed a small game as a demonstration.
Plan
Scale drawing of a structure;
The plans for City Hall were on file
Program
(transitive) To put together the schedule of an event.
Mary will program Tuesday’s festivities.
Plan
Have the will and intention to carry out some action;
He plans to be in graduate school next year
The rebels had planned turmoil and confusion
Program
(broadcasting) To schedule the programming; to determine what will be broadcast.
Plan
Make plans for something;
He is planning a trip with his family
Program
(transitive) To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.
The lab rat was programmed to press the lever when the bell rang.
Plan
Make or work out a plan for; devise;
They contrived to murder their boss
Design a new sales strategy
Plan an attack
Program
Same as Programme.
Plan
Make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form;
Design a better mousetrap
Plan the new wing of the museum
Program
A system of projects or services intended to meet a public need;
He proposed an elaborate program of public works
Working mothers rely on the day care program
Program
A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished;
They drew up a six-step plan
They discussed plans for a new bond issue
Program
(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute;
The program required several hundred lines of code
Program
An integrated course of academic studies;
He was admitted to a new program at the university
Program
A radio or television show;
Did you see his program last night?
Program
A performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation;
The program lasted more than two hours
Program
A document stating the aims and principles of a political party;
Their candidate simply ignored the party platform
They won the election even though they offered no positive program
Program
An announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event;
You can't tell the players without a program
Program
Arrange a program of or for;
Program the 80th birthday party
Program
Write a computer program
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