Difference between Plan and Contrive

What is the difference between Plan and Contrive?

Plan as a verb is to design a building, machine, etc. while Contrive as a verb is to form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot.

Plan

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc. A set of intended actions, through which one expects to achieve a goal. A 2-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the elevation.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To design a building, machine, etc. To create a plan for. To intend.

Example sentence: If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

Contrive

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot.To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation.To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light.

We hope you now know whether to use Plan or Contrive in your sentence.

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