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Mode vs Scheme - What's the difference?

mode | scheme |

As nouns the difference between mode and scheme

is that mode is one of several ancient scales, one of which corresponds to the modern major scale and one to the natural minor scale while scheme is a systematic plan of future action.

As a verb scheme is

to plot, or contrive a plan.

As a proper noun Scheme is

a programming language, one of the two major dialects of Lisp.

mode

English

(wikipedia mode)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) mode, from (etyl)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (music) One of several ancient scales, one of which corresponds to the modern major scale and one to the natural minor scale
  • A particular means of accomplishing something.
    • What was the mode of entry?
  • * 1855 , Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society (volume 9, page 205)
    • An effectual and unexpensive mode of Protecting Wall-Trees from Spring-Frosts.
  • (statistics) The most frequently occurring value in a distribution
  • (mathematics, physics) A state of a system that is represented by an eigenfunction of that system.
  • (computing) One of various related sets of rules for processing data.
    • In insert mode , characters typed are directly inserted into the buffer
  • (grammar) A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.
    • Derived terms
    * (music) Aeolian mode, Dorian mode, Ionian mode, Locrian mode, Lydian mode, Mixolydian mode, Phrygian mode * (grammar) imperative mode, indicative mode, infinitive mode, subjunctive mode * (computing) immediate mode, protected mode, real mode, retained mode * collective mode * dual mode * soft mode
    Synonyms
    * (grammar) mood, grammatical mood
    Hyponyms
    * (grammar) See also
    Related terms
    * modal * modality * model * modeler * moderate * moderation * moderator * module * mood

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Style or fashion.

    • See also

    * bimodal distribution * median * mean * modal

    Anagrams

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    scheme

    English

    (wikipedia scheme)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A systematic plan of future action.
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.
  • * {{quote-magazine, title=Ideas coming down the track, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838
    • , page=13 (Technology Quarterly), magazine=(The Economist) citation , passage=A “moving platform” scheme
  • A plot or secret, devious plan.
  • An orderly combination of related parts.
  • * John Locke
    • the appearance and outward scheme of things
  • * Atterbury
    • such a scheme of things as shall at once take in time and eternity
  • * J. Edwards
    • arguments sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy
  • * Macaulay
    • The Revolution came and changed his whole scheme of life.
  • A chart or diagram of a system or object.
  • * South
    • to draw an exact scheme of Constantinople, or a map of France
  • (mathematics) A type of topological space.
  • (UK, chiefly, Scotland) A council housing estate.
  • * 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, p. 101:
    • It was all too dear. They all just put their prices up because it was out in the scheme .
  • (rhetoric) An artful deviation from the ordinary arrangement of words.
  • (astrology) A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • a blue case, from which was drawn a scheme of nativity
  • Part of a uniform resource identifier indicating the protocol or other purpose, such as http: or news:.

    • Usage notes

    In the US, generally has devious connotations, while in the UK, frequently used as a neutral term for projects: “The road is closed due to a pavement-widening scheme.”

    Synonyms

    * (a systematic plan of future action) blueprint

    Verb

    (schem)
  • To plot, or contrive a plan.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 26 , author=Tasha Robinson , title=Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits : , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=The openly ridiculous plot has The Pirate Captain (Hugh Grant) scheming to win the Pirate Of The Year competition, even though he’s a terrible pirate, far outclassed by rivals voiced by Jeremy Piven and Salma Hayek. }}

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