Plot and Scene

Plot

Plot noun - A secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful ends.

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Scene and plot are semantically related. in story line topic. In some cases you can use "Scene" instead a noun "Plot".

Nearby Words: plotted, plotting, plotless

Scene noun - The place and time in which the action for a portion of a dramatic work (as a movie) is set.

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Plot and scene are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Plot" instead a noun "Scene".

Nearby Words: scenery, scenic

good	good plot	good scene
full	full plot	full scene
long	long plot	long scene
exact	exact plot	exact scene
Other adjectives: particular, similar, following, complete, original, single, romantic, actual, entire, big, great, serious, little, important, early, major, epic, bizarre, different.

Plot and scene time wise, Cao Cao, Li Ru, and Yuan Shao suffer a lot from this.

Source: Manhua / Ravages Of Time
Now, rip-offs of Alien or Aliens are legion, but the movie Carnosaur 2 repeats the whole plot of Aliens almost scene by scene, with Distaff Counterparts of Ripley and Newt, and dinosaurs instead of the Xenomorphs (with a Tyrannosaurus rex stand-in for the Alien Queen).

Source: Whole Plot Reference
Similarly, it's distinct from History Repeats in that the recreation of the scene isn't important to the plot (the scene itself may be important, but not the fact that it's happened before).

Source: Internal Homage

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