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phot | plot |

As nouns the difference between phot and plot

is that phot is a photometric unit of illuminance, or luminous flux through an area (symbol ph) while plot is the course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.

As verbs the difference between phot and plot

is that phot is (informal) to while plot is to conceive (a crime, etc).

phot

English

Etymology 1

Coined by André Blondel in 1921. See (photo-).

Noun

(en noun)
  • A photometric unit of illuminance, or luminous flux through an area (symbol ph).

    • Etymology 2

    Shortening of (photograph)

    Verb

    (phott)
  • (informal) to
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
    • , year=1999 , date=May 28 , author=David Johnson , title=Re:re Looking on with responsibility , newsgroup=aus.rail citation , passage=They said no, so I climbed off a bridge and spent the rest of the day photting and cab-riding around BHP without permission.}}
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
    • , year=2003 , date=12 July , author="The Three Rivers Rambler" , title=Re: Plane identity still a mystery , newsgroup=alt.local.geordie citation , passage=It's not an aerial one though as I havn't devved the transparency stuff yet, and I'll not get chance tommorrow as I'm photting the Touring Cars @ Croft.}}
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
    • , year=2010 , date=June 09 , author="n...@plunderhere.com" , title=FA: Rupert grint photo silver dog tag dogtag necklace pendant jewelry (
  • :1531663)
    • , newsgroup=alt.marketplace citation , passage=dog tag is hard to phot because it is so shiny.}}

    plot

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • If the plot or intrigue must be natural, and such as springs from the subject, then the winding up of the plot must be a probable consequence of all that went before.
  • An area or land used for building on or planting on.
  • A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
  • A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.
    • The plot would have enabled them to get a majority on the board.
    The assassination of Lincoln was part of a larger plot .
  • * Shakespeare
    • I have overheard a plot of death.
  • * Addison
    • O, think what anxious moments pass between / The birth of plots and their last fatal periods!
  • Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
  • * Denham
    • a man of much plot
  • Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
  • * Milton
    • And when Christ saith, Who marries the divorced commits adultery, it is to be understood, if he had any plot in the divorce.
  • A plan; a purpose.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
    • no other plot in their religion but serve God and save their souls

    Synonyms

    * (course of a story) storyline * (area) parcel * (secret plan) conspiracy, scheme

    Derived terms

    * Gunpowder Plot * lose the plot * plotless * subplot * the plot thickens/plot thickens

    Verb

    (plott)
  • To conceive (a crime, etc).
    • They had ''plotted a robbery.
  • To trace out (a graph or diagram).
    • They ''plotted'' the number of edits per day.
  • To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).
    • Every five minutes they ''plotted'' their position.
  • * Carew
    • This treatise plotteth down Cornwall as it now standeth.
  • To conceive a crime, misdeed, etc.
    • ''They were plotting against the king.

    Synonyms

    * (contrive) becast * (sense) scheme

    Derived terms

    * replot

    Anagrams

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