scheme vs house of cards

house of cards vs scheme

scheme and house of cards both are nouns.

scheme is a verb but house of cards is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
scheme	Yes	No	Yes	No
house of cards	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, house of cards is a hyponym of scheme; that is, house of cards is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than scheme:

scheme: an elaborate and systematic plan of action
house of cards: a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control

Other hyponyms of scheme include contrivance, dodge, stratagem, counterterrorism, game plan, game plan, bubble, playbook, game, plot, secret plan, pyramid scheme, waiting game, wheeze, incentive program, incentive scheme, counterproject.

scheme (noun)	house of cards (noun)
an elaborate and systematic plan of action	an unstable construction with playing cards
an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world	a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control
a schematic or preliminary plan
a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole

scheme (verb)	house of cards (verb)
form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
devise a system or form a scheme for

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