social structure vs scheme

scheme vs social structure

social structure and scheme both are nouns.

social structure is not a verb while scheme is a verb.

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

As nouns, scheme is a hypernym of social structure; that is, scheme is a word with a broader meaning than social structure:

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

Other hypernyms of social structure include system.

social structure (noun)	scheme (noun)
the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships	an elaborate and systematic plan of action
	an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world
	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

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

Difference between social structure and scheme

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