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Contrivance vs Enginery - What's the difference?

contrivance | enginery |

As nouns the difference between contrivance and enginery

is that contrivance is a (mechanical) device to perform a certain task while enginery is (archaic) machinery made up of engines; instruments of war.

contrivance

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a (mechanical) device to perform a certain task
  • a means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective
  • * 2005 , .
  • And along with each of these go their images, not the things themselves, — they too have come about by godlike contrivance .
  • something overly artful or artificial
  • enginery

    English

    Noun

  • (archaic) Machinery made up of engines; instruments of war.
  • Training his devilish enginery . — Milton.
  • (archaic) The act or art of managing engines, or artillery.
  • (Milton)
  • (archaic) Any device or contrivance; machinery; structure or arrangement.
  • (Shenstone)