Artifice vs Contrivance - What's the difference?
artifice | contrivance | Related terms |
a crafty but underhanded deception
a trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse
a strategic maneuver that uses some clever means to avoid detection or capture
a tactical move to gain advantage
a (mechanical) device to perform a certain task
a means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective
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something overly artful or artificial
Artifice is a related term of contrivance.
As nouns the difference between artifice and contrivance
is that artifice is craftsman, artificer while contrivance is a (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.artifice
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(en noun)contrivance
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(en noun)- And along with each of these go their images, not the things themselves, — they too have come about by godlike contrivance .
