Plot vs. Story
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
Storynoun
A sequence of real or fictional events; or, an account of such a sequence.
Storynoun
A lie, fiction.
Storynoun
A soap opera.
Storynoun
(obsolete) History.
Storynoun
A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account.
Storynoun
}} A temporary collection of a user's recently publicized snaps.
Storynoun
(obsolete) A building or edifice.
Storynoun
A floor or level of a building; a storey.
Storynoun
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Storyverb
To tell as a story; to relate or narrate about.
Storynoun
A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered architecturally, which need not correspond exactly with the stories within.
Storynoun
A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a statement; a record.
Storynoun
The relation of an incident or minor event; a short narrative; a tale; especially, a fictitious narrative less elaborate than a novel; a short romance.
Storynoun
A euphemism or child's word for "a lie;" a fib; as, to tell a story.
Storyverb
To tell in historical relation; to make the subject of a story; to narrate or describe in story.
Storynoun
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program;
Storynoun
a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events;
Storynoun
structure consisting of a room or set of rooms comprising a single level of a multilevel building;
Storynoun
a record or narrative description of past events;
Storynoun
a short account of the news;
Storynoun
a trivial lie;
Storynoun
an account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment
Storynoun
a plot or storyline
Storynoun
a report of an item of news in a newspaper, magazine, or broadcast
Storynoun
a piece of gossip; a rumour
Storynoun
a false statement; a lie
Storynoun
an account of past events in someone's life or in the development of something
Storynoun
a particular person's representation of the facts of a matter
Storynoun
a situation viewed in terms of the information known about it or its similarity to another
Storynoun
the facts about the present situation
Storynoun
the commercial prospects or circumstances of a particular company
Storynoun
variant spelling of storey
