Plot and System

Plot

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

Usage example: the Secret Service uncovered just in time a plot to assassinate the President

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System and plot are semantically related. In some cases you can use "System" instead a noun "Plot".

Nearby Words: plotted, plotting, plotless

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

Usage example: if you're going to wrap all these presents in one afternoon, you'll need a system

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Plot and system are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Plot" instead a noun "System".

Nearby Words: systematic, systemic

good	good plot	good system
full	full plot	full system
elaborate	elaborate plot	elaborate system
better	better plot	better system
Other adjectives: similar, complex, complete, alien, current, standard, original, single, simple, actual, entire, massive, complicated, main, fantastic, intricate, basic, central, different.

Mons: A major gameplay system and plot point and the source of all non-Emil, Marta, or TOS 1 party members.

Source: Video Game / Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
In Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, the entire plot revolves around the weapon-identifying nanomachines (hence the subtitle) and the computer system that regulates them.

Source: Plot Tumor
The theft of diamonds weighing 100+ carats → A plot to split Cygnus Uno, a planet in another solar system.

Source: Minor Crime Reveals Major Plot

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