Device and Project

Device

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

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

Project noun - A method worked out in advance for achieving some objective.

Usage example: an ambitious project to develop the city's waterfront

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Device and project are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Device" instead a noun "Project".

old	old device	old project
special	special device	special project
similar	similar device	similar project
certain	certain device	certain project
Other adjectives: single, simple, popular, small, actual, massive, large, big, great, huge, dangerous, little, main, important, personal, secret, new, experimental, major, mysterious, latest, eponymous.

The name is usually used for a special type of metal (often used as armor), or as a denomination of currency, or as a name for a project or device.

Source: Mithril
The "Mark & Execute" feature is something that he carried over from his previous project, Rainbow Six: Vegas, which he admits in interviews is simply a gameplay device and has no in-universe justification for why its mechanics work the way they do.

Source: Video Game / Splinter Cell
Project Pluto was a doomsday device proposed by the United States military in the late 1950s.

Source: Doomsday Device

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