Plot and Work

Plot

Plot verb - To engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends.

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

Nearby Words: plotted, plotting, plotless

Work verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

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Plot and work are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Plot" instead a verb "Work".

Nearby Words: works, working, worked, workable, worker

good	good plot	good work
particular	particular plot	particular work
similar	similar plot	similar work
usual	usual plot	usual work
Other adjectives: complete, current, original, single, actual, entire, real, great, serious, little, bad, main, important, early, major, less, latest, different.

job	plot job	work job
way	plot way	work way
money	plot money	work money
story	plot story	work story
Other words: together, rules, times.

A popular definition of how a plot as a whole should progress within the "running time" of a work is the succession of five acts: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution.

Source: Plot
You then go back to the start of the plot and work your way back to that scene.

Source: Video Game / Metro 2033
It is common that some work is heavily "inspired" by a previous work—they may have different authors and settings, but there are strong similarities of plot, situations and characters.

Source: Better by a Different Name

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