The difference between Deploy and Ploy
When used as nouns, deploy means deployment, whereas ploy means a tactic, strategy, or gimmick.
When used as verbs, deploy means to prepare and arrange (usually military unit or units) for use, whereas ploy means to form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision.
check bellow for the other definitions of Deploy and Ploy
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Deploy as a verb (transitive, ergative):
To prepare and arrange (usually military unit or units) for use.
Examples:
"Deploy two units of infantry along the enemy's flank," the general ordered."
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Deploy as a verb (transitive, intransitive):
To unfold, open, or otherwise become ready for use.
Examples:
"He waited tensely for his parachute to deploy."
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Deploy as a verb (computing):
To install, test and implement a computer system or application.
Examples:
"The process for the deployment scenario includes: building a master installation of the operating system, creating its image and deploying the image onto a destination computer."
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Deploy as a noun (military, dated):
deployment
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Ploy as a noun:
A tactic, strategy, or gimmick.
Examples:
"The free T-shirt is really a ploy to get you inside to see their sales pitch."
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Ploy as a noun (UK, Scotland, dialect):
Sport; frolic.
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Ploy as a noun (obsolete):
Employment.
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Ploy as a verb (military):
To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision.
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