Device and Operation

Device

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

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Operation and device are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Operation" instead a noun "Device".

Operation noun - A specific task with which a person or group is charged.

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Device and operation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Device" instead a noun "Operation".

special	special device	special operation
elaborate	elaborate device	elaborate operation
similar	similar device	similar operation
complex	complex device	complex operation
Other adjectives: standard, single, simple, small, actual, massive, large, big, complicated, huge, dangerous, little, main, important, secret, new, experimental, major, minor, titular, latest.

In-Name-Only: The LeapPad Explorer is a Tablet device with a color LCD touchscreen, and shares absolutely no similarities in operation with the LeapPad of old.

Source: Franchise / LeapFrog
Project Arcturus, an attempt to build a super-powerful power source that turned out to be highly unstable and that emitted unstoppable deadly radiation when in operation, plus exponentials amounts of energy (and, of course, the device can't be turned off once it starts to overcharge).

Source: Pointless Doomsday Device
Irene and Holmes had found the device but were struggling with how to actually stop its operation.

Source: Film / Sherlock Holmes

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Operation and Device. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/operation

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