Device and Machine

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

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Machine is a synonym for device in instrument topic. In some cases you can use "Machine" instead a noun "Device", when it comes to topics like apparatus, mechanism, implement, gadget. popular alternative

Machine noun - Any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks.

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Device is a synonym for machine in apparatus topic. You can use "Device" instead a noun "Machine", if it concerns topics such as instrument, mechanism, appliance, building block. popular alternative

old	old device	old machine
special	special device	special machine
similar	similar device	similar machine
alien	alien device	alien machine
Other adjectives: single, small, intelligent, powerful, actual, massive, large, big, huge, little, magic, ancient, new, experimental, mechanical, broken, mysterious, flying, titular, strange, giant, magical, eponymous.

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
It's a Living Battery, which the machine or device takes the Life Energy from almost parasitically.

Source: Living Battery
It seems to be a machine or device used to produce whatever is demanded; we see it churning out gold and salt at two separate points in the legend.

Source: Public Domain Artifact aka: Kusanagi

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