Device vs. Instrument

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

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

Instrumentnoun

A device used to produce music.

Instrumentnoun

A means or agency for achieving an effect.

Instrumentnoun

A measuring or displaying device.

Instrumentnoun

A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.

Instrumentnoun

(legal) A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.

Instrumentnoun

(figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.

Instrumentverb

(transitive) To apply measuring devices.

Instrumentverb

(transitive) To devise, conceive, cook up, plan.

Instrumentverb

To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.

Instrumentnoun

That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; a device; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical instruments.

Instrumentnoun

A contrivance or implement, by which musical sounds are produced; as, a musical instrument.

Instrumentnoun

A writing, as the means of giving formal expression to some act; a writing expressive of some act, contract, process, as a deed, contract, writ, etc.

Instrumentnoun

One who, or that which, is made a means, or is caused to serve a purpose; a medium, means, or agent; as, their army was primarily an instrument of oppression.

Instrumentverb

To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument; as, a sonata instrumented for orchestra.

Instrumentverb

To furnish or equip with instruments; to attach instruments to; as, the fighter planes were heavily instrumented; the patient was instrumented to monitor him remotely.

Instrumentnoun

a device that requires skill for proper use

Instrumentnoun

the means whereby some act is accomplished;

Instrumentnoun

a person used by another to gain an end

Instrumentnoun

(law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right

Instrumentnoun

the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process

Instrumentnoun

any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds

Instrumentverb

equip with instruments for measuring, recording, or controlling

Instrumentverb

write an instrumental score for

Instrumentverb

address a legal document to