Appliance vs. Device
Appliancenoun
An implement, an instrument or apparatus designed (or at least used) as a means to a specific end (often specified), especially:
Appliancenoun
A non-manual apparatus or device, powered electrically or by another small motor, used in homes to perform domestic functions (household appliance) and/or in offices.
Appliancenoun
An attachment, a piece of equipment to adapt another tool or machine to a specific purpose.
Appliancenoun
(obsolete) The act of applying.
Appliancenoun
(obsolete) A means of eliminating or counteracting something undesirable, especially an illness.
Appliancenoun
Willing service, willingness to act as someone wishes.
Appliancenoun
The act of applying; application.
Appliancenoun
subservience; compliance.
Appliancenoun
A thing applied or used as a means to an end; an apparatus or device; as, to use various appliances; a mechanical appliance; a machine with its appliances.
Appliancenoun
An apparatus or device, usually powered electrically, used in homes to perform domestic functions. An appliance is often categorized as a major appliance or a minor appliance by its cost. Common major appliances are the refrigerator, washing machine, clothes drier, oven, and dishwasher. Some minor appliances are a toaster, vacuum cleaner or microwave oven.
Appliancenoun
a device that is very useful for a particular job
Appliancenoun
durable goods for home or office use
Appliancenoun
a device or piece of equipment designed to perform a specific task
Appliancenoun
a fire engine
Appliancenoun
the action or process of bringing something into operation
Devicenoun
Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
Devicenoun
(computing) A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
Devicenoun
A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
Devicenoun
(Ireland) An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb
Devicenoun
(rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.
Devicenoun
(heraldry) A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs from a badge or cognizance primarily because as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge borne by members of the same house successively.
Devicenoun
(archaic) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
Devicenoun
(legal) An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
Devicenoun
(printing) An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
Devicenoun
(obsolete) A spectacle or show.
Devicenoun
(obsolete) Opinion; decision.
Devicenoun
That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
Devicenoun
Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
Devicenoun
An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance.
Devicenoun
Anything fancifully conceived.
Devicenoun
A spectacle or show.
Devicenoun
Opinion; decision.
Devicenoun
any artifactual object designed to perform an action or process, with or without an operator in attendance.
Devicenoun
an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose;
Devicenoun
something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect
Devicenoun
any clever (deceptive) maneuver;
Devicenoun
any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)
Devicenoun
an emblematic design (especially in heraldry);
Devicenoun
a thing made or adapted for a particular purpose, especially a piece of mechanical or electronic equipment
Devicenoun
a bomb or other explosive weapon
Devicenoun
a plan, method, or trick with a particular aim
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a form of words intended to produce a particular effect in speech or a literary work
Devicenoun
a drawing or design
Devicenoun
an emblematic or heraldic design
Devicenoun
the design or look of something
