Device and Function

Device

Device noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

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Function and device are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Function" with "Device", this nouns are similar.

Function noun - A social gathering.

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Device and function are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Device" instead a noun "Function".

old	old device	old function
special	special device	special function
similar	similar device	similar function
specific	specific device	specific function
Other adjectives: complex, certain, single, simple, actual, little, main, important, secret, key, new, major, useful, automatic, minor, hidden, handy.

They befriend each other and Hiccup invents a rudder-like device to function as a tail for Toothless, since his is partially damaged/deformed.

Source: Androcles' Lion
He soon discovers that the key has another purpose; through the key, which turns out to function as a communication device, he meets a girl named Claudia.

Source: Literature / Incarceron
Instead, every device in the series had straightforward and specific abilities which were never altered except by amplification or breakage, and any device used outside it's intended function had a logical reasons for being used in that way.

Source: Techno Babble

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