Scheme vs Objective - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between scheme and objective

is that scheme is a systematic plan of future action while objective is a material object that physically exists.

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.

As an adjective objective is

of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.

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.

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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.

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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.

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objective

English

(Objectivity)

Adjective

(en adjective)

Of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.

Not influenced by the emotions or prejudices.

Based on observed facts.

(grammar) Of, or relating to a noun or pronoun used as the object of a verb.

Usage notes

* Said of account, judgment, criteria, person, existence, or observation.

Antonyms

* subjective

Derived terms

* nonobjective * objective correlative * objectivity

Noun

(en noun)

A material object that physically exists.

A goal that is striven for.

Objectives' are the stepping stones which guide you to achieving your goals. They must be verifiable in some way, whether that?s statistically – ‘the more I do this, the better I get at it? – or by some other achievable concept such as getting the job or relationship that you want. It?s crucial that your ' objectives lead you logically towards your goal and are quantifiable.

(grammar) The objective case; a noun or pronoun in that case.

The lens or lenses of a camera, microscope, or other optical device closest to the object being examined.

Synonyms

* See also