Device
Device noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Technique
Technique noun - The means or procedure for doing something.
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Synonyms for Technique
Device and technique are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Device" instead a noun "Technique".
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old device | old technique |
| good | good device | good technique |
| special | special device | special technique |
| similar | similar device | similar technique |
| Other adjectives: common, specific, standard, single, simple, popular, powerful, actual, dangerous, main, secret, ancient, new, useful, advanced, deadly, flying, magical, literary, medical, favorite. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Brown Note: A device or technique that causes the victim to experience Potty Failure or in any other way have something bad happen to them.
Source: Bathroom Tropes -
A device or technique is used ... in reverse.
Source: Had the Silly Thing in Reverse - The idea is twofold: inside the story, the creator of the device or technique may incorporate a Necessary Drawback that will make it stronger, while the author gives the protagonists (or antagonists) a way to defeat it and maintain suspense and narrative flow by limiting the Deus ex Machina.
Source: Fantastic Fragility
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