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Opine vs Plan - What's the difference?

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In intransitive terms the difference between opine and plan

is that opine is to have or express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that) while plan is to make a plan.

As a proper noun PLAN is

the People's Liberation Army Navy.

opine

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) opiner, from (etyl) ; see optate and opt.

Verb

(opin)
  • To have or express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that).
  • I opined that matters would soon become considerably worse.
    ''"Your decisions," she opined , "have been unfailingly disastrous for this company."
  • To give one's formal opinion (on'' or ''upon something).
  • I had to opine on the situation because I thought a different perspective was in order.
    Derived terms
    * opination

    Etymology 2

    From Latin and Ancient Greek + (-ine).

    Noun

    (wikipedia opine) (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds, derived from amino acids, found in some plant tumours
  • plan

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
  • The plans for many important buildings were once publicly available.
  • A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
  • He didn't really have a plan ; he had a goal and a habit of control.
  • 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.
  • Seen in plan , the building had numerous passageways not apparent to visitors.
  • A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
  • * Wordsworth
  • 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 plan

    Derived 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 plan

    Verb

    (plann)
  • To design (a building, machine, etc.).
  • To create a plan for.
  • To intend.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= 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.}}
  • See plan on.
  • To make a plan.
  • Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . See

    Derived terms

    * planner * plan on * plan out

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