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Contrivance vs. Contraption — What's the Difference?

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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