scheme vs stratagem

stratagem vs scheme

scheme and stratagem both are nouns.

scheme is a verb but stratagem is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
scheme	Yes	No	Yes	No
stratagem	Yes	No	No	No

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

scheme: an elaborate and systematic plan of action
stratagem: an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade

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

scheme (noun)	stratagem (noun)
an elaborate and systematic plan of action	a maneuver in a game or conversation
an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world	an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
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)	stratagem (verb)
form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
devise a system or form a scheme for

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