The difference between Floor plan and Plan
When used as nouns, floor plan means a diagram, usually to scale, showing the layout of a building, whereas plan means a drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.
Plan is also verb with the meaning: to design (a building, machine, etc.).
check bellow for the other definitions of Floor plan and Plan
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Floor plan as a noun (architecture):
A diagram, usually to scale, showing the layout of a building.
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Floor plan as a noun (electronics):
A layout representation of where the major functional blocks of an integrated circuit will be physically placed.
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Plan as a noun:
A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.
Examples:
"The plans for many important buildings were once publicly available."
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Plan as a noun:
A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
Examples:
"He didn't really have a plan; he had a goal and a habit of control."
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Plan as a noun:
A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the elevation.
Examples:
"Seen in plan, the building had numerous passageways not apparent to visitors."
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Plan as a noun:
A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
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Plan as a noun:
A subscription to a service.
Examples:
"a phone plan'"
"an Internet plan'"
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Plan as a verb (transitive):
To design (a building, machine, etc.).
Examples:
"The architect planned the building for the client."
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Plan as a verb (transitive):
To create a plan for.
Examples:
"They jointly planned the project in phases, with good detail for the first month."
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Plan as a verb (intransitive):
To intend.
Examples:
"He planned to go, but work intervened."
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Plan as a verb:
See plan on.
Examples:
"I was planning on going, but something came up."
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Plan as a verb (intransitive):
To make a plan.
Examples:
"They planned for the worst, bringing lots of emergency supplies."