Strategy vs. Suggestion — What's the Difference?

Strategy (from Greek στρατηγία stratēgia, "art of troop leader; office of general, command, generalship") is a general plan to achieve one or more long-term or overall goals under conditions of uncertainty. In the sense of the "art of the general", which included several subsets of skills including military tactics, siegecraft, logistics etc., the term came into use in the 6th century C.E. in Eastern Roman terminology, and was translated into Western vernacular languages only in the 18th century.

Suggestion is the psychological process by which one person guides the thoughts, feelings, or behavior of another person. Nineteenth-century writers on psychology such as William James used the words "suggest" and "suggestion" in the context of a particular idea which was said to suggest another when it brought that other idea to mind.

The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.

The act of suggesting

The science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of large-scale combat operations.

Something suggested

A plan of action resulting from strategy or intended to accomplish a specific goal.

The sequential process by which one thought or mental image leads to another.

The art or skill of using stratagems in endeavors such as politics and business.

A psychological process by which an idea is induced in or adopted by another without argument, command, or coercion.

The science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of warfare.

An idea or response so induced.

A plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal.

A hint or trace

The use of advance planning to succeed in politics or business.

(countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)

The science of military command, or the science of projecting campaigns and directing great military movements; generalship.

(uncountable) The act of suggesting.

The use of stratagem or artifice.

Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.

An elaborate and systematic plan of action

The act of exercising control over a hypnotised subject by communicating some belief or impulse by means of words or gestures; the idea so suggested.

The branch of military science dealing with military command and the planning and conduct of a war

Information, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworn testimony and evidence.

The act of suggesting; presentation of an idea.

That which is suggested; an intimation; an insinuation; a hint; a different proposal or mention; also, formerly, a secret incitement; temptation.

Charge; complaint; accusation.

Information without oath; an entry of a material fact or circumstance on the record for the information of the court, at the death or insolvency of a party.

The act or power of originating or recalling ideas or relations, distinguished as original and relative; - a term much used by Scottish metaphysicians from Hutcherson to Thomas Brown.

The control of the mind of an hypnotic subject by ideas in the mind of the hypnotizer.

An idea that is suggested;

A proposal offered for acceptance or rejection;

A just detectable amount;

Persuasion formulated as a suggestion

The sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association

The act of inducing hypnosis