Design vs Stratagem - What's the difference?
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A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.
A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture.
The composition of a work of art.
Intention or plot.
* M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisisana (PG), p. 40:
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The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive.
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The art of designing
(obsolete) To assign, appoint (something to someone); to designate.
* 1646 , (Thomas Browne), Pseudodoxia Epidemica , I.10:
* Dryden
To plan and carry out (a picture, work of art, construction etc.).
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
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, chapter=1 (obsolete) To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.
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* Beaumont and Fletcher
A tactic or artifice designed to gain the upper hand, especially one involving underhanded dealings or deception.
* 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]:
Design is a related term of stratagem.
As nouns the difference between design and stratagem
is that design is design (creative profession or art) while stratagem is a tactic or artifice designed to gain the upper hand, especially one involving underhanded dealings or deception.design
English
(wikipedia design)Noun
(en noun)- I give it you without any other design than to shew you that I reckon nothing dear to me, when I want to do you a pleasure.
- Danish furniture design is world-famous.
Derived terms
* architectural design * design by contract * design pattern * hardware design * software designVerb
(en verb)- he looks not below the Moon, but hath designed the regiment of sublunary affairs unto inferiour deputations.
- He was designed to the study of the law.
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- Primitive people believe that gods designed the Earth and humans.
- We shall see / Justice design the victor's chivalry.
- Meet me to-morrow where the master / And this fraternity shall design .
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English
Noun
(en noun)- While Collins does include a love triangle, a coming-of-age story, and other YA-friendly elements in the mix, they serve as a Trojan horse to smuggle readers into a hopeless world where love becomes a stratagem and growing up is a matter of basic survival.