conspiracy vs plot

conspiracy

noun
  • A conspiracy theory; a hypothesis alleging conspiracy. 

  • The act of two or more persons, called conspirators, working secretly to obtain some goal, usually understood with negative connotations. 

  • A situation in which different phonological or grammatical rules lead to similar or related outcomes. 

  • A group of lemurs. 

  • An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future. 

  • A group of ravens. 

verb
  • To conspire. 

plot

noun
  • Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy. 

  • An area or land used for building on or planting on. 

  • A plan; a purpose. 

  • A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device. 

  • Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue. 

  • Attractive physical attributes of characters involved in a story, originating from ironic juxtaposition with the original meaning (course of the story). 

  • A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable. 

  • The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means. 

verb
  • To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc). 

  • To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc). 

  • To trace out (a graph or diagram). 

How often have the words conspiracy and plot occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )