Contrivance vs Motor - What's the difference?
contrivance | motor | Related terms |
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
A machine or device that converts any form of energy into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
(lb) A motor car, or automobile.
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*:It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor , brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side.
(lb) A source of power for something, an inspiration, a driving force.
(biology) describing neurons that create the ability to move
Contrivance is a related term of motor.
As nouns the difference between contrivance and motor
is that contrivance is a (mechanical) device to perform a certain task while motor is engine (mechanical device).contrivance
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Noun
(en noun)- And along with each of these go their images, not the things themselves, — they too have come about by godlike contrivance .
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(wikipedia motor)Alternative forms
* motour (very rare)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* engineDerived terms
* electric motor * linear motor * motorbike * motorcycle * motorcyclist * motorise * motorist * motor oil * motor scooter * motor trade * motor unit * motor vehicle * outboard motor * rocket motor * shaded-pole motorAdjective
(-)- She has excellent motor skills.
