Fabrication vs Contrivance - What's the difference?
fabrication | contrivance | Related terms |
(uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture
(countable) That which is fabricated; a falsehood
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
Fabrication is a related term of contrivance.
As nouns the difference between fabrication and contrivance
is that fabrication is (uncountable) the act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture while contrivance is a (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.fabrication
English
Noun
- the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government
- The story is doubtless a fabrication .
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 .