Machination vs. Conspiracy — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Machination and Conspiracy
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Definitions
Machination
The act of scheming or plotting.
Conspiracy
A conspiracy, also known as a plot, is a secret plan or agreement between persons (called conspirers or conspirators) for an unlawful or harmful purpose, such as murder or treason, especially with political motivation, while keeping their agreement secret from the public or from other people affected by it. In a political sense, conspiracy refers to a group of people united in the goal of usurping, altering or overthrowing an established political power.
Machination
A crafty scheme or cunning design for the accomplishment of a sinister end.
Conspiracy
An agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act.
Machination
A clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes.
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Conspiracy
A group of conspirators.
Machination
The act of machinating or plotting.
Conspiracy
(Law) An agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime or accomplish a legal purpose through illegal action.
Machination
The act of machinating.
Conspiracy
A joining or acting together, as if by sinister design
A conspiracy of wind and tide that devastated coastal areas.
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Machination
That which is devised; a device; a hostile or treacherous scheme; an artful design or plot.
Devilish machinations come to naught.
His ingenious machinations had failed.
Conspiracy
The act of two or more persons, called conspirators, working secretly to obtain some goal, usually understood with negative connotations.
Machination
A crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends
Conspiracy
(legal) An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future.
Conspiracy
A group of ravens.
Conspiracy
A group of lemurs.
Conspiracy
(linguistics) A situation in which different phonological or grammatical rules lead to similar or related outcomes.
Conspiracy
A conspiracy theory; a hypothesis alleging conspiracy.
Conspiracy
To conspire.
Conspiracy
A combination of people for an evil purpose; an agreement, between two or more persons, to commit a crime in concert, as treason; a plot.
When shapen was all his conspiracyFrom point to point.
They made a conspiracy against [Amaziah].
I had forgot that foul conspiracy
Conspiracy
A concurence or general tendency, as of circumstances, to one event, as if by agreement.
A conspiracy in all heavenly and earthly things.
Conspiracy
An agreement, manifesting itself in words or deeds, by which two or more persons confederate to do an unlawful act, or to use unlawful to do an act which is lawful; confederacy.
Conspiracy
A secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
Conspiracy
A plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)
Conspiracy
A group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose
