Device
Device noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Game
Game noun - A method worked out in advance for achieving some objective.
Usage example: the crook told his accomplice, “Here's the game: look surprised when the police ask about the money”
Device is a synonym for game in trick topic. Sometimes you can use "Device" instead a noun "Game", if it concerns topics such as plot.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Similarly, sticking the device on something that goes in a circle won't work very well, because the game calculates movement distance based on a straight line between location updates.
Source: Video Game / Pokémon Go -
From what has been gathered, the game is set in a human colony after a central device (known as "The Device") breaks down for mysterious reasons.
Source: Video Game / Hellsinker - The game is an unusual example in that it is a framing device within a framing device.
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Game and Device. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/game
Device & Game. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/game>.
Game or Device. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/game.
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