Gadget vs. Gizmo

Gadgetnoun

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

Gadgetnoun

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

Gadgetnoun

(slang) Any consumer electronics product.

Gadgetnoun

(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.

Gadgetnoun

a device that is very useful for a particular job

Gadgetnoun

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

Gadget

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

Gizmonoun

A nonsensical placeholder name for something, generally a device, for which one does not know the proper term

Gizmonoun

something whose name is either forgotten or not known

Gizmonoun

a device that is very useful for a particular job

Gizmonoun

a gadget, especially one whose name the speaker does not know or cannot recall