Plot vs. Lot

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

Lotnoun

A large quantity or number; a great deal.

Lotnoun

A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively.

Lotnoun

One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.

Lotnoun

(informal) A number of people taken collectively.

Lotnoun

A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.

Lotnoun

That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.

Lotnoun

Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.

Lotnoun

The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.

Lotnoun

A prize in a lottery.

Lotnoun

Allotment; lottery.

Lotnoun

All members of a set; everything.

Lotnoun

An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound.

Lotverb

To allot; to sort; to apportion.

Lotverb

To count or reckon (on or upon).

Lotnoun

That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.

Lotnoun

Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without man's choice or will; as, to cast or draw lots.

Lotnoun

The part, or fate, which falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.

Lotnoun

A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively; all objects sold in a single purchase transaction; as, a lot of stationery; - colloquially, sometimes of people; as, a sorry lot; a bad lot.

Lotnoun

A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field; as, a building lot in a city.

Lotnoun

A large quantity or number; a great deal; as, to spend a lot of money; to waste a lot of time on line; lots of people think so.

Lotnoun

A prize in a lottery.

Lotverb

To allot; to sort; to portion.

Lotnoun

(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;

Lotnoun

a parcel of land having fixed boundaries;

Lotnoun

your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you);

Lotnoun

any collection in its entirety;

Lotnoun

an unofficial association of people or groups;

Lotnoun

anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random;

Lotnoun

(Old Testament) nephew of Abraham; God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah but chose to spare Lot and his family who were told to flee without looking back at the destruction

Lotverb

divide into lots, as of land, for example

Lotverb

administer or bestow, as in small portions;

Lotpronoun

a large number or amount; a great deal

Lotpronoun

the whole number or quantity that is involved or implied

Lotadverb

a great deal; much

Lotnoun

a river of southern France, which rises in the Auvergne and flows 480 km (300 miles) west to meet the River Garonne south-east of Bordeaux.

Lotnoun

(in the Bible) the nephew of Abraham, who was allowed to escape from the destruction of Sodom (Gen. 19). His wife, who disobeyed orders and looked back, was turned into a pillar of salt.

Lotverb

divide (items) into lots for sale at an auction