Contrivance vs Resource - What's the difference?
contrivance | resource | Related terms |
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
Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
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Contrivance is a related term of resource.
As nouns the difference between contrivance and resource
is that contrivance is a (mechanical) device to perform a certain task while resource is something that one uses to achieve an objective, eg raw materials or personnel.As a verb resource is
to supply with s.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 .
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English
(wikipedia resource)Noun
(en noun)Michael Sivak
Will AC Put a Chill on the Global Energy Supply?, passage=Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent,
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.}}
Derived terms
* resourceful * human resources * natural resource * renewable resource * subresourceSee also
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