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Utensil vs Contrivance - What's the difference?

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Utensil is a related term of contrivance.


As nouns the difference between utensil and contrivance

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

utensil

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An instrument or device for domestic use, in the kitchen, or in war.
  • A small hand tool or material-handling implement specialized for specific types of processing such as is used in the kitchen or a laboratory.

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    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

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