Plot vs. Layout
Plotnoun
(authorship) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
Plotnoun
An area or land used for building on or planting on.
Plotnoun
A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
Plotnoun
A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.
Plotnoun
Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
Plotnoun
Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
Plotnoun
A plan; a purpose.
Plotverb
(transitive) To conceive (a crime, etc).
Plotverb
(transitive) To trace out (a graph or diagram).
Plotverb
(transitive) To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).
Plotverb
(intransitive) To conceive a crime, misdeed, etc.
Plotnoun
A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.
Plotnoun
A plantation laid out.
Plotnoun
A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale.
Plotnoun
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.
Plotnoun
A share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
Plotnoun
Contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
Plotnoun
A plan; a purpose.
Plotnoun
In fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance, or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
Plotverb
To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate.
Plotverb
To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire.
Plotverb
To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.
Plotverb
To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly.
Plotnoun
a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal);
Plotnoun
a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation;
Plotnoun
the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.;
Plotnoun
a chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object
Plotverb
plan secretly, usually something illegal;
Plotverb
make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows how things work or how they are constructed
Plotverb
make a plat of;
Plotnoun
a plan made in secret by a group of people to do something illegal or harmful
Plotnoun
the main events of a play, novel, film, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence
Plotnoun
a small piece of ground marked out for a purpose such as building or gardening
Plotnoun
a graph showing the relation between two variables.
Plotnoun
a diagram, chart, or map.
Plotverb
secretly make plans to carry out (an illegal or harmful action)
Plotverb
devise the sequence of events in (a play, novel, film, or similar work)
Plotverb
mark (a route or position) on a chart
Plotverb
mark out or allocate (points) on a graph
Plotverb
make (a curve) by marking out a number of points on a graph
Plotverb
illustrate by use of a graph
Layoutnoun
A structured arrangement of items within certain limits.
Layoutnoun
A plan for such arrangement.
Layoutnoun
The act of laying out something.
Layoutnoun
(publishing) The process of arranging editorial content, advertising, graphics and other information to fit within certain constraints.
Layoutnoun
(engineering) A map or a drawing of a construction site showing the position of roads, buildings or other constructions.
Layoutnoun
(electronics) A specification of an integrated circuit showing the position of the physical components that will implement the schematic in silicon.
Layoutnoun
a plan or design of something that is laid out
Layoutnoun
the act of laying out (as by making plans for something)
Layoutnoun
the way in which the parts of something are arranged or laid out
Layoutnoun
the way in which text or pictures are set out on a page
Layoutnoun
the process of setting out material on a page
Layoutnoun
a thing arranged or set out in a particular way
