Plan vs. Map

Plannoun

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.

Plannoun

A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.

Plannoun

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.

Plannoun

A method; a way of procedure; a custom.

Plannoun

A subscription to a service; e.g., a phone plan, an Internet plan.

Planverb

(transitive) To design (a building, machine, etc.).

Planverb

(transitive) To create a plan for.

Planverb

(intransitive) To intend.

Planverb

See plan on.

Planverb

(intransitive) To make a plan.

Plannoun

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.

Plannoun

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.

Plannoun

A method; a way of procedure; a custom.

Planverb

To form a delineation of; to draught; to represent, as by a diagram.

Planverb

To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country.

Plannoun

a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished;

Plannoun

an arrangement scheme;

Plannoun

scale drawing of a structure;

Planverb

have the will and intention to carry out some action;

Planverb

make plans for something;

Planverb

make or work out a plan for; devise;

Planverb

make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form;

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.

Mapnoun

A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary.

Mapnoun

A graphical representation of the relationships between objects, components or themes.

Mapnoun

(mathematics) A function.

Mapnoun

The butterfly Araschnia levana.

Mapnoun

The face.

Mapnoun

A predefined and confined imaginary area where a game session takes place.

Mapverb

To create a visual representation of a territory, etc. via cartography.

Mapverb

To inform someone of a particular idea.

Mapverb

To act as a function on something, taking it to something else.

Mapnoun

A representation of the surface of the earth, or of some portion of it, showing the relative position of the parts represented; - usually on a flat surface. Also, such a representation of the celestial sphere, or of some part of it.

Mapnoun

Anything which represents graphically a succession of events, states, or acts; as, an historical map.

Mapverb

To represent by a map; - often with out; as, to survey and map, or map out, a county. Hence, figuratively: To represent or indicate systematically and clearly; to sketch; to plan; as, to map, or map out, a journey; to map out business.

Mapnoun

a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)

Mapnoun

a function such that for every element of one set there is a unique element of another set

Mapverb

make a map of; show or establish the features of details of;

Mapverb

explore or survey for the purpose of making a map;

Mapverb

locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences;

Mapverb

plan, delineate, or arrange in detail;

Mapverb

depict as if on a map;

Mapverb

to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)

Map

A map is a symbolic depiction emphasizing relationships between elements of some space, such as objects, regions, or themes. Many maps are static, fixed to paper or some other durable medium, while others are dynamic or interactive.