scheme vs structure

structure vs scheme

scheme and structure both are nouns.

scheme and structure both are verbs.

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

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

scheme: a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
structure: the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships

Other hyponyms of scheme include language system, judicatory, judicature, judicial system, judiciary, economic system, economy, ecosystem, social organisation, social organization, social structure, social system, dragnet, machinery, network, web, nonlinear system, subsystem, organism, syntax, body, shebang, solar system, water system, root system, rootage.

scheme (noun)	structure (noun)
an elaborate and systematic plan of action	a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world	the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts
a schematic or preliminary plan	a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement
a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery	the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations
a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole	the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships

scheme (verb)	structure (verb)
form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner	give a structure to
devise a system or form a scheme for

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