Device vs. Apparatus

Devicenoun

Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.

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(computing) A peripheral device; an item of hardware.

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A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

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(Ireland) An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb

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(rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.

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(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.

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(archaic) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.

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(legal) An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.

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(printing) An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.

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(obsolete) A spectacle or show.

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(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.

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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.

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Opinion; decision.

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any artifactual object designed to perform an action or process, with or without an operator in attendance.

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an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose;

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something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect

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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

Devicenoun

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

Apparatusnoun

The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished.

Apparatusnoun

A complex machine or instrument.

Apparatusnoun

An assortment of tools and instruments.

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A bureaucratic organization, especially one influenced by political patronage.

Apparatusnoun

(firefighting) A vehicle used for emergency response.

Apparatusnoun

(gymnastics) Any of the equipment on which the gymnasts perform their movements.

Apparatusnoun

Things provided as means to some end.

Apparatusnoun

Hence: A full collection or set of implements, or utensils, for a given duty, experimental or operative; any complex instrument or appliance, mechanical or chemical, for a specific action or operation; machinery; mechanism.

Apparatusnoun

A collection of organs all of which unite in a common function; as, the respiratory apparatus.

Apparatusnoun

equipment designed to serve a specific function

Apparatusnoun

(anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function;

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the technical equipment or machinery needed for a particular activity or purpose

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the complex structure of a particular organization or system

Apparatusnoun

a collection of notes, variant readings, and other matter accompanying a printed text