Plot vs. Pilot

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

Pilotnoun

A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.

Pilotnoun

A person who knows well the depths and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.

Pilotnoun

A guide book for maritime navigation.

Pilotnoun

An instrument for detecting the compass error.

Pilotnoun

A pilot vehicle.

Pilotnoun

A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.

Pilotnoun

A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.

Pilotnoun

Something serving as a test or trial.

Pilotnoun

(mining) The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.

Pilotnoun

(aviation) A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.

Pilotnoun

(television) A sample episode of a proposed TV series produced to decide if it should be made or not. If approved, typically the first episode of an actual TV series.

Pilotnoun

(rail transport) A cowcatcher.

Pilotnoun

A pilot light.

Pilotnoun

One who flies a kite.

Pilotnoun

A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.

Pilotadjective

Made or used as a test or demonstration of capability.

Pilotadjective

Used to control or activate another device.

Pilotadjective

Being a vehicle to warn other road users of the presence of an oversize vehicle/combination.

Pilotverb

(transitive) To control (an aircraft or watercraft).

Pilotverb

(transitive) To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.

Pilotverb

(transitive) To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, etc.)

Pilotnoun

One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman.

Pilotnoun

Specifically, a person duly qualified, and licensed by authority, to conduct vessels into and out of a port, or in certain waters, for a fixed rate of fees.

Pilotnoun

Figuratively: A guide; a director of another through a difficult or unknown course.

Pilotnoun

An instrument for detecting the compass error.

Pilotnoun

The cowcatcher of a locomotive.

Pilotnoun

One who flies, or is qualified to fly, an airplane, balloon, or other flying machine.

Pilotnoun

A short plug at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool. Pilots are sometimes made interchangeable.

Pilotnoun

The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.

Pilotnoun

a filmed or taped episode of a proposed television series, produced as an example of the series. It may be shown only to those television broadcast executives who may decide whether to buy the rights to the series, or aired to test viewer reaction or to interest sponsors. Also called pilot film or pilot tape.

Pilotverb

To direct the course of, as of a ship, where navigation is dangerous.

Pilotverb

Figuratively: To guide, as through dangers or difficulties.

Pilotverb

To fly, or act as pilot of (an aircraft); to operate (an airplane).

Pilotnoun

someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight

Pilotnoun

a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor

Pilotnoun

a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors

Pilotnoun

an original model on which something is patterned

Pilotnoun

small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner

Pilotnoun

an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track

Pilotverb

fly a plane

Pilotverb

act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance;