Manoeuvre vs Contrivance - What's the difference?
manoeuvre | contrivance | Synonyms |
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
Manoeuvre is a synonym of contrivance.
As nouns the difference between manoeuvre and contrivance
is that manoeuvre is while contrivance is a (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.As a verb manoeuvre
is .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 .