Contrivance vs. Contraption — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Contrivance and Contraption
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Contrivance
The act of contriving.
Contraption
A mechanical device; a gadget.
Contrivance
The state of being contrived.
Contraption
A machine that is complicated and precarious.
Contrivance
Something contrived, as a mechanical device or a clever plan.
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Contraption
Any object.
Contrivance
A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.
Contraption
A contrivance; a new-fangled device; - used scornfully.
We all remember some of the extraordinary contraptions which have been thus evolved and put upon the market.
Contrivance
A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.
Contraption
A device that is very useful for a particular job
Contrivance
Something overly artful or artificial.
Contrivance
The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning.
The machine which we are inspecting demonstrates, by its construction, contrivance and design. Contrivance must have had a contriver.
Contrivance
The thing contrived, invented, or planned; disposition of parts or causes by design; a scheme; plan; artifice; arrangement.
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants.
Contrivance
A device that is very useful for a particular job
Contrivance
The faculty of contriving; inventive skill;
His skillful contrivance of answers to every problem
Contrivance
An elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade;
His testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track
Contrivance
An artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.;
The plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable
Contrivance
Any improvised arrangement for temporary use
Contrivance
The act of devising something
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