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Contrivance vs Thingumabob - What's the difference?

contrivance | thingumabob | Related terms |

Contrivance is a related term of thingumabob.


As nouns the difference between contrivance and thingumabob

is that contrivance is a (mechanical) device to perform a certain task while thingumabob is .

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
  • thingumabob

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)