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Counterploy vs Counterplot - What's the difference?

counterploy | counterplot |

As nouns the difference between counterploy and counterplot

is that counterploy is a clever trick used to counteract another clever trick while counterplot is a plot made in opposition to another; a counterploy.

As a verb counterplot is

(transitive) to form a plot or plan in opposition to the actions of another.

counterploy

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A clever trick used to counteract another clever trick.
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    • counterplot

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A plot made in opposition to another; a counterploy.

    • Hypernyms

    * plot

    Verb

    (counterplott)
  • (transitive) To form a plot or plan in opposition to the actions of another.
  • * De Quincey
    • Every wile had proved abortive, every plot had been counterplotted .
  • *
    • for while art made him more than ever reserved to Sophia, and forbad him to address any of his discourse to her, nay, to avoid meeting her eyes, with the utmost caution; nature was no less busy in counterplotting him.