Conception vs Contrivance - What's the difference?
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The act of conceiving.
The state of being conceived; the beginning.
The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.
The start of pregnancy.
The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryo.
The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.
An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design.
a (mechanical) device to perform a certain task
a means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective
* 2005 , .
something overly artful or artificial
Conception is a related term of contrivance.
As nouns the difference between conception and contrivance
is that conception is the act of conceiving while contrivance is a (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.conception
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(en noun)Quotations
* , Genesis 3:16 *: Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception ; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.Coordinate terms
* inceptionAntonyms
* misconceptionSee also
* contraceptionReferences
* * ----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 .
