System vs. Plant — What's the Difference?
Difference Between System and Plant
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Definitions
System
A system is a group of interacting or interrelated elements that act according to a set of rules to form a unified whole. A system, surrounded and influenced by its environment, is described by its boundaries, structure and purpose and expressed in its functioning.
Plant
Plants are mainly multicellular organisms, predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, plants were treated as one of two kingdoms including all living things that were not animals, and all algae and fungi were treated as plants.
System
A set of things working together as parts of a mechanism or an interconnecting network; a complex whole
The state railway system
Fluid is pushed through a system of pipes or channels
Plant
A living organism of the kind exemplified by trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, ferns, and mosses, typically growing in a permanent site, absorbing water and inorganic substances through its roots, and synthesizing nutrients in its leaves by photosynthesis using the green pigment chlorophyll.
System
A set of principles or procedures according to which something is done; an organized scheme or method
The public-school system
A multiparty system of government
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Plant
A place where an industrial or manufacturing process takes place
A giant car plant
System
The prevailing political or social order, especially when regarded as oppressive and intransigent
Don't try bucking the system
Plant
A person placed in a group as a spy or informer
We thought he was a CIA plant spreading disinformation
System
A set of staves in a musical score joined by a brace.
Plant
A shot in which the cue ball is made to strike one of two touching or nearly touching balls with the result that the second is potted.
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System
An organism as a whole, especially with regard to its vital processes or functions
The animal's entire system seems to be affected by the disease.
Plant
Put (a seed, bulb, or plant) in the ground so that it can grow
We planted a lot of fruit trees
System
A group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts
The excretory system.
A root system.
Plant
Set or place in a particular position
She planted a kiss on his cheek
He planted himself squarely in front of her
System
A group of interacting mechanical or electrical components
The building's heating system.
Plant
Any of various photosynthetic, eukaryotic, multicellular organisms of the kingdom Plantae characteristically containing chloroplasts, having cell walls made of cellulose, producing embryos, and lacking the power of locomotion. Plants include trees, bushes, herbs, ferns, mosses, and certain green algae.
System
A network of structures and channels, as for communication, travel, or distribution
A highway system.
Plant
A plant having no permanent woody stem; an herb.
System
A network of related computer software, hardware, and data transmission devices.
Plant
Any of various fungi, algae, or protists that resemble plants and were formerly classified in the plant kingdom. Not in scientific use.
System
An organized set of interrelated ideas or principles
Kant's philosophical system.
Plant
A building or group of buildings for the manufacture of a product; a factory
Works in an auto plant.
System
A social, economic, or political organizational form
The feudal system.
Plant
The buildings, fixtures, and equipment, including machinery, tools, and instruments, necessary for an industrial operation or an institution
The university's mechanical plant.
System
An arrangement or configuration of classification or measurement
The taxonomic system.
The metric system.
Plant
A person placed in a group of spectators to influence behavior.
System
An organized and coordinated method; a procedure
We have an efficient system for processing returned merchandise.
Plant
A person stationed in a given location as a spy or observer.
System
A naturally occurring group of objects or phenomena
A cave system.
A weather system.
Plant
A misleading piece of evidence placed so as to be discovered.
System
(Geology) A set of rock strata grouped by geologic time period and divided into series.
Plant
A remark or action in a play or narrative that becomes important later.
System
Harmonious interaction or order
A restaurant kitchen that was completely without system.
Plant
(Slang) A scheming trick; a swindle.
System
The prevailing social order; the establishment. Used with the
You can't beat the system.
Plant
To place or set (seeds, for example) in the ground to grow.
System
A collection of organized things; a whole composed of relationships among its members.
There are eight planets in the solar system.
Plant
To place seeds or young plants in (land); sow
Plant a field in corn.
System
(derogatory) Preceded by the word the: the mainstream culture, controlled by the elites or government of a state, or a combination of them, seen as oppressive to the individual.
Plant
To place (spawn or young fish) in water or an underwater bed for cultivation
Plant oysters.
System
(computing) A set of hardware and software operating in a computer.
Plant
To stock with spawn or fish.
System
(mathematics) A set of equations involving the same variables, which are to be solved simultaneously.
Plant
To introduce (an animal) into an area.
System
(music) A set of staves linked by a brace that indicate instruments or sounds that are to be played simultaneously.
Plant
To place or fix in a certain position
Planted both feet on the ground.
Planted a kiss on my cheek.
System
(physiology) A set of body organs having a particular function.
The digestive system
The nervous system
Plant
To deliver (a punch or blow).
System
(psychiatry) A set of alters, or the multiple personalities]] due to, for example, a dissociative personality disorder who contains them.
Plant
To fix firmly in the mind; implant
"The right of revolution is planted in the heart of man" (Clarence Darrow).
System
(astronomy) A planetary system; a set of planets orbiting a star or star system
Plant
To establish; found
Plant a colony.
System
(philosophy) A comprehensive and logically organized set of propositions or philosophical beliefs.
Plant
To station (a person) for the purpose of functioning in secret, as by observing, spying, or influencing behavior
Detectives were planted all over the store.
System
(RPG) A set of rules for a tabletop roleplaying game.
Plant
To place secretly or deceptively so as to be discovered or made public
Planted a gun on the corpse to make the death look like suicide.
System
A method or way of organizing or planning.
Followers should have a system to follow that works in their interests, not against them.
Plant
To conceal; hide
Planted the stolen goods in the warehouse.
System
An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects related by some common law, principle, or end; a complete exhibition of essential principles or facts, arranged in a rational dependence or connection; a regular union of principles or parts forming one entire thing; as, a system of philosophy; a system of government; a system of divinity; a system of botany or chemistry; a military system; the solar system.
The best way to learn any science, is to begin with a regular system, or a short and plain scheme of that science well drawn up into a narrow compass.
Plant
(botany) An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.
The garden had a couple of trees, and a cluster of colourful plants around the border.
System
Hence, the whole scheme of created things regarded as forming one complete plan of whole; the universe.
Plant
(botany) An organism of the kingdom Plantae; now specifically, a living organism of the Embryophyta (land plants) or of the Chlorophyta (green algae), a eukaryote that includes double-membraned chloroplasts in its cells containing chlorophyll a and b, or any organism closely related to such an organism.
System
Regular method or order; formal arrangement; plan; as, to have a system in one's business.
Plant
(ecology) Now specifically, a multicellular eukaryote that includes chloroplasts in its cells, which have a cell wall.
System
An assemblage of parts or organs, either in animal or plant, essential to the performance of some particular function or functions which as a rule are of greater complexity than those manifested by a single organ; as, the capillary system, the muscular system, the digestive system, etc.; hence, the whole body as a functional unity.
Plant
Any creature that grows on soil or similar surfaces, including plants and fungi.
System
One of the stellate or irregular clusters of intimately united zooids which are imbedded in, or scattered over, the surface of the common tissue of many compound ascidians.
Plant
A factory or other industrial or institutional building or facility.
System
A group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole;
A vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going
Plant
An object placed surreptitiously in order to cause suspicion to fall upon a person.
That gun's not mine! It's a plant! I've never seen it before!
System
Instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity;
He bought a new stereo system
The system consists of a motor and a small computer
Plant
Anyone assigned to behave as a member of the public during a covert operation (as in a police investigation).
System
A complex of methods or rules governing behavior;
They have to operate under a system they oppose
That language has a complex system for indicating gender
Plant
A person, placed amongst an audience, whose role is to cause confusion, laughter etc.
System
A procedure or process for obtaining an objective;
They had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation
Plant
(snooker) A play in which the cue ball knocks one (usually red) ball onto another, in order to pot the second; a set.
System
A group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts;
The body has a system of organs for digestion
Plant
(uncountable) Machinery, such as the kind used in earthmoving or construction.
System
An organized structure for arranging or classifying;
He changed the arrangement of the topics
The facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original
He tried to understand their system of classification
Plant
(obsolete) A young tree; a sapling; hence, a stick or staff.
System
(physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium;
In a static system oil cannot be replaced by water on a surface
A system generating hydrogen peroxide
Plant
(obsolete) The sole of the foot.
System
The living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole;
Exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system
Plant
A plan; a swindle; a trick.
System
An ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized;
His compulsive organization was not an endearing quality
We can't do it unless we establish some system around here
Plant
An oyster which has been bedded, in distinction from one of natural growth.
Plant
A young oyster suitable for transplanting.
Plant
(control theory) The combination of process and actuator.
Plant
(ambitransitive) To place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow.
Plant
(transitive) To place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit.
That gun's not mine! It was planted there by the real murderer!
Plant
(transitive) To place or set something firmly or with conviction.
Plant your feet firmly and give the rope a good tug.
To plant cannon against a fort; to plant a flag; to plant one's feet on solid ground
Plant
To place in the ground.
Plant
To furnish or supply with plants.
To plant a garden, an orchard, or a forest
Plant
To engender; to generate; to set the germ of.
Plant
To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish.
To plant a colony
Plant
To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of.
To plant Christianity among the heathen
Plant
To set up; to install; to instate.
Plant
A vegetable; an organized living being, generally without feeling and voluntary motion, and having, when complete, a root, stem, and leaves, though consisting sometimes only of a single leafy expansion, or a series of cellules, or even a single cellule.
Plant
A bush, or young tree; a sapling; hence, a stick or staff.
Plant
The sole of the foot.
Plant
The whole machinery and apparatus employed in carrying on a trade or mechanical business; also, sometimes including real estate, and whatever represents investment of capital in the means of carrying on a business, but not including material worked upon or finished products; as, the plant of a foundry, a mill, or a railroad.
Plant
A plan; an artifice; a swindle; a trick.
It was n't a bad plant, that of mine, on Fikey.
Plant
An oyster which has been bedded, in distinction from one of natural growth.
Plant
To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth; as, to plant maize.
Plant
To set in the ground for growth, as a young tree, or a vegetable with roots.
Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees.
Plant
To furnish, or fit out, with plants; as, to plant a garden, an orchard, or a forest.
Plant
To engender; to generate; to set the germ of.
It engenders choler, planteth anger.
Plant
To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish; as, to plant a colony.
Planting of countries like planting of woods.
Plant
To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of; as, to plant Christianity among the heathen.
Plant
To set firmly; to fix; to set and direct, or point; as, to plant cannon against a fort; to plant a standard in any place; to plant one's feet on solid ground; to plant one's fist in another's face.
Plant
To set up; to install; to instate.
We will plant some other in the throne.
Plant
To perform the act of planting.
I have planted; Apollos watered.
Plant
Buildings for carrying on industrial labor;
They built a large plant to manufacture automobiles
Plant
A living organism lacking the power of locomotion
Plant
Something planted secretly for discovery by another;
The police used a plant to trick the thieves
He claimed that the evidence against him was a plant
Plant
An actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience
Plant
Put or set (seeds or seedlings) into the ground;
Let's plant flowers in the garden
Plant
Fix or set securely or deeply;
He planted a knee in the back of his opponent
The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum
Plant
Set up or lay the groundwork for;
Establish a new department
Plant
Place into a river;
Plant fish
Plant
Place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive;
Plant a spy in Moscow
Plant bugs in the dissident's apartment
Plant
Put firmly in the mind;
Plant a thought in the students' minds
