Learn English – the difference between “been” and “being”

Both forms express perfect aspect, that is to say they express a state resulting from an earlier event. The has/have been form is known as the present perfect and relates what has happened in the past to what is happening now. The had been form is known as the past perfect and pushes the events further back. It relates what happened at some time in the past to the situation at some other time in the past. If I say I have been at work for eight hours, I describe the position now. If I say I had been at work for eight hours, I describe the position as it was at some earlier time.

Pictures are always drawn and never plotted. Artists draw. Architects draw blueprints. Engineers draw schematics.

Graphs and charts may be drawn or plotted. The implication is that a plot is exact or somehow determined, where a drawing can be freeform. I would use "plot" when asking math students to make exact graphs, e.g., "Plot y = x² for x = -5..+5." If I asked a student to "draw the graph of y = x²", then the graph can be rough.

Plotting is also associated with planning a course of action. On a ship you can "plot a course".

There are also computer printers called "plotters" which draw pictures by moving a pen (or something else, like a knife).