Contrivance vs Demarcation - What's the difference?
contrivance | demarcation |
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
The act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit, notably by belligerents signing a treaty or ceasefire.
A limit thus fixed, in full demarcation line.
Any strictly defined separation
As nouns the difference between contrivance and demarcation
is that contrivance is a (mechanical) device to perform a certain task while demarcation is demarcation.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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* *demarcation
English
(wikipedia demarcation)Alternative forms
* demarkationNoun
(en noun)- ''There is an alleged, in fact somewhat artificial demarcation in the type of work done by members of different trade unions.