Focus vs Plan - What's the difference?
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(countable, optics) A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.
(countable, geometry) A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge.
(uncountable, photography, cinematography) The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (uncountable, photography, cinematography) The quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
(uncountable) Concentration of attention.
(countable, seismology) The exact point of where an earthquake occurs, in three dimensions.
(computing, graphical user interface) The indicator of the currently active element in a user interface.
(linguistics) The most important word or phrase in a sentence or passage, or the one that imparts information.
To cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point.
To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the focal plane.
To concentrate one's attention.
To concentrate one’s attention.
A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.
A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the elevation.
A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
* Wordsworth
To design (a building, machine, etc.).
To create a plan for.
To intend.
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To make a plan.
As nouns the difference between focus and plan
is that focus is (countable|optics) a point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge while plan is a tablet (for writing and erasing).As a verb focus
is to cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point.focus
English
(wikipedia focus)Noun
Catherine Clabby
Focus on Everything, passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus'.
Verb
- You'll need to focus the microscope carefully in order to capture the full detail of this surface.
- Focus on passing the test.
- If you're going to beat your competitors, you need to focus .
Usage notes
The spellings focusses'', ''focussing'', ''focussed'' are more common in Commonwealth English than in American English, but in both varieties they are less common than the spellings ''focuses'', ''focusing'', ''focused .Derived terms
* focus group * in focus * out of focusplan
English
Noun
(en noun)- The plans for many important buildings were once publicly available.
- He didn't really have a plan ; he had a goal and a habit of control.
- Seen in plan , the building had numerous passageways not apparent to visitors.
- The simple plan , / That they should take who have the power, / And they should keep who can.
Usage notes
* A plan ("set of intended actions") can be developed, executed, implemented, ignored, abandoned, scrapped, changed, etc.Synonyms
* (drawing of a building from above): floor planDerived terms
* battleplan * floor plan * business plan * development plan * marketing plan * masterplan * game plan * contingency plan * action plan * escalation plan * lesson plan * plan A * plan B * price plan * rate planVerb
(plann)Can China clean up fast enough?, passage=It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.}}