Device and Method

Device

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

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Method and device are semantically related. in ploy topic. In some cases you can use "Method" instead a noun "Device".

Method noun - The means or procedure for doing something.

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Device and method are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Device" instead a noun "Method".

old	old device	old method
good	good device	good method
special	special device	special method
elaborate	elaborate device	elaborate method
Other adjectives: similar, common, specific, complex, certain, standard, single, simple, popular, powerful, actual, dangerous, main, new, strange, scientific, magical, favorite.

However, when Jamie used a simple electrolysis device (which could be built with radio parts or something similar), the process greatly sped up - according to calculations, this method could dissolve the bars in less than a year.

Source: Just For Fun / Tropes Examined by the MythBusters
In the end he decides that his device is actually rather useless, save possibly as a novel method of execution.

Source: Intangibility aka: Intangible Man
Thanks to his usual method of building, it doubles as a punishment device for anyone it catches lying.

Source: Disney / Three Little Pigs