Device
Device noun - An article intended for use in work.
Usage example: the salesclerk tried to sell me a new device for grooming cats
Instrument
Instrument noun - An article intended for use in work.
Usage example: always choose the right instrument for any woodworking job
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Synonyms for Instrument
Device is a synonym for instrument in tool topic. You can use "Device" instead a noun "Instrument", if it concerns topics such as thing, means, machine, mechanism. popular alternative
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| similar | similar device | similar instrument |
| common | common device | common instrument |
| certain | certain device | certain instrument |
| alien | alien device | alien instrument |
| Other adjectives: single, popular, actual, large, big, little, main, capable, important, magic, new, useful, titular, weird, strange, scientific, giant, magical, medical, favorite, eponymous, electronic. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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The iSophagus is any instance where, by swallowing a musical device or instrument, the swallower no longer speaks but emits music.
Source: iSophagus -
Really just about any kind of machine or device can be used as a musical instrument with some imagination and a little bit of work.
Source: Everything Is an Instrument - Put out the definitive Arena Rock live album, Frampton Comes Alive, and popularized the talkbox, a device allowing the user to "speak" through their instrument.
Source: Music of Note
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Instrument and Device. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/instrument
Device & Instrument. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/instrument>.
Instrument or Device. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/instrument.
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