Contrivance vs Machination - What's the difference?
contrivance | machination | Synonyms |
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
A clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes.
The act of machinating or plotting.
Contrivance is a synonym of machination.
As nouns the difference between contrivance and machination
is that contrivance is a (mechanical) device to perform a certain task while machination is a clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes.contrivance
English
Noun
(en noun)- And along with each of these go their images, not the things themselves, — they too have come about by godlike contrivance .