Device
Device noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Procedure
Procedure noun - A usually fixed or ordered series of actions or events leading to a result.
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Synonyms for Procedure
Device and procedure are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Device" instead a noun "Procedure".
Nearby Word: procedural
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| special | special device | special procedure |
| similar | similar device | similar procedure |
| common | common device | common procedure |
| specific | specific device | specific procedure |
| Other adjectives: complex, standard, simple, popular, actual, complicated, dangerous, important, secret, new, experimental, automatic, minor, titular, scientific, magical, medical. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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The process was automated in a wrist-worn device, so he can just push a button if he wants, but only seems to do this when he can't do the normal procedure from home.
Source: Transformation Trinket - And also by much dialogue from Scotty about how difficult the procedure is, and how the alien device will likely overload systems, blow power grids, etc.
Source: Plug 'n' Play Technology - A bombmaker is tricked into thinking that her own car is rigged with a bomb, forcing her to talk Mark through the procedure for disarming the device.
Source: Bluffing the Murderer
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Procedure and Device. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/procedure
Device & Procedure. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/procedure>.
Procedure or Device. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/procedure.
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