plan vs ruse

plan

noun
  • A method; a way of procedure; a custom. 

  • 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 subscription to a service. 

  • 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. 

verb
  • To create a plan for. 

  • To intend. 

  • To design (a building, machine, etc.). 

  • To make a plan. 

ruse

noun
  • An action intended to deceive; a trick. 

  • Cunning, guile, trickery. 

verb
  • To deceive or trick using a ruse. 

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