different between roadmap vs blueprint

English

Noun

roadmap (plural roadmaps)

1. Alternative form of road map

Verb

roadmap (third-person singular simple present roadmaps, present participle roadmapping, simple past and past participle roadmapped)

1. (transitive) To construct a plan of action regarding (something).

French

Etymology

From English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??d.map/

Noun

roadmap f (plural roadmaps)

1. action plan

Further reading

• “roadmap” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• blue print, blue-print

Etymology

blue +? print

Pronunciation

• enPR: blo?o'pr?nt", IPA^(key): /?blu??p??nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

blueprint (plural blueprints)

1. A type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images, used primarily for technical and architecture's drawings, now largely replaced by other technologies.
2. A print produced with this process.
3. (architecture, engineering, by extension) A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).
4. (informal, by extension) Any detailed plan, whether literal or figurative.

Synonyms

• (paper-based technical drawing): cyanotype, schematic
• (detailed technical drawing): schematic
• (informal): road map, schematic, plan, layout

Translations

Verb

blueprint (third-person singular simple present blueprints, present participle blueprinting, simple past and past participle blueprinted)

1. To make a blueprint for.

   The architect blueprinted the renovation plan once the client had signed off.

2. To make a detailed operational plan for.

   They blueprinted every aspect of the first phase of the operation.

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