Briefing and Plan

Briefing

Briefing noun - Detailed instructions, as for a military operation.

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Plan and briefing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plan" instead a noun "Briefing".

Nearby Words: brief, briefed, briefer

Plan noun - A method worked out in advance for achieving some objective.

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Briefing and plan are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Briefing" instead a noun "Plan".

Nearby Words: plant, planned, planed, planner, planing

full	full briefing	full plan
special	special briefing	special plan
complete	complete briefing	complete plan
current	current briefing	current plan
Other adjectives: fake, initial, actual, real, main, secret, final, later, next.

The exact Rebel plan to blow up the Death Star is somewhat obvious, and the main briefing is simply about how heavily defended it is.

Source: Unspoken Plan Guarantee
The 100 has Clarke and Lexa give a briefing on their plan of attack against Mount Weather, complete with a scale model of the mountain.

Source: Mission Briefing
Luthor uses it against him by allowing him to capture and eat a henchman who had been given a false briefing on what Luthor's plan was.

Source: Comic Book / The Black Ring

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