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Act vs Ploy - What's the difference?

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Act is a related term of ploy.


As nouns the difference between act and ploy

is that act is (countable) something done, a deed while ploy is a tactic, strategy, or gimmick.

As verbs the difference between act and ploy

is that act is to do something while ploy is (military) to form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision.

act

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • , a federal territory of Australia.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A certain standardized college admissions test in the United States, originally called the (term).
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    • Coordinate terms

    * (American College Test) SAT , GMAT , MCAT , DAT

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    ploy

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tactic, strategy, or gimmick.
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  • (UK, Scotland, dialect) Sport; frolic.

    • Etymology 2

    Probably abbreviated from deploy.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (military) To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision.
    • (Wilhelm)
    Antonyms
    * deploy (Webster 1913)

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