The difference between Device and Gadget
When used as nouns, device means any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one, whereas gadget means a thing whose name cannot be remembered.
check bellow for the other definitions of Device and Gadget
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Device as a noun:
Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
Examples:
"There are a number of household devices in a kitchen such as a dishwasher, a garbage disposal, or an electric can opener."
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Device as a noun (computing):
A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
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Device as a noun:
A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
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Device as a noun (Ireland):
An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb
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Device as a noun (rhetoric):
A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.
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Device as a noun (heraldry):
A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs from a badge or cognizance primarily because as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge borne by members of the same house successively.
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Device as a noun (archaic):
Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
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Device as a noun (legal):
An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
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Device as a noun (printing):
An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
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Device as a noun (obsolete):
A spectacle or show.
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Device as a noun (obsolete):
Opinion; decision.
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Gadget as a noun (obsolete):
A thing whose name cannot be remembered; thingamajig, doohickey.
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Gadget as a noun:
Any device or machine, especially one whose name cannot be recalled. Often either clever or complicated.
Examples:
"He bought a neat new gadget for shredding potatoes."
"That's quite a lot of gadgets you have collected. Do you use any of them?"
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Gadget as a noun (slang):
Any consumer electronics product.
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Gadget as a noun (computing):
A sequence of machine code instructions crafted as part of an exploit that attempts to divert execution to a memory location chosen by the attacker.