Definition of a theory

What is the difference between:

* a scientific hypothesis
* a scientific theory
* a scientific law

Scientific "law" seems to be a misnomer since, according to the scientific
method, in the unlikely event that someone ever found a credible, testable,
repeatable counter-example, we're obliged to abandon that law. We've even
given up energy conservation for very small \Delta t, and what law is more
sacrosanct than energy conservation?

In that sense, it seems like a scientific law is really no different from a
theory.

And a theory is an hypothesis that has a wealth of verification done in
accordance to the scientific method.

Is this about right?
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