Trinket vs. Gadget — What's the Difference?

A small ornament, such as a piece of jewelry.

A gadget is a mechanical device or any ingenious article. Gadgets are sometimes referred to as gizmos.

A trivial thing; a trifle.

A small mechanical or electronic device or tool, especially an ingenious or novel one

A small showy ornament or piece of jewelry

A small specialized mechanical or electronic device; a contrivance.

A thing of little value; a trifle; a toy.

(obsolete) A thing whose name cannot be remembered; thingamajig, doohickey.

(nautical) A three-cornered sail formerly carried on a ship's foremast, probably on a lateen yard.

Any device or machine, especially one whose name cannot be recalled. Often either clever or complicated.

(obsolete) A knife; a cutting tool.

(informal) Any consumer electronics product.

To give trinkets; to court favour.

(computing) A sequence of machine code instructions crafted as part of an exploit that attempts to divert execution to a memory location chosen by the attacker.

A three-cornered sail formerly carried on a ship's foremast, probably on a lateen yard.

(computer science) A technique for converting a part of one problem to an equivalent part of another problem. Used in constructing reductions.

A knife; a cutting tool.

A device that is very useful for a particular job

A small ornament, as a jewel, ring, or the like.

A thing of little value; a trifle; a toy.

To give trinkets; hence, to court favor; to intrigue.

Cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing