Device and Way

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

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Way is a synonym for device in project topic. In some cases you can use "Way" instead a noun "Device", when it comes to topics like means.

Way noun - A passage cleared for public vehicular travel.

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Device is a synonym for way in project topic. Sometimes you can use "Device" instead a noun "Way".

old	old device	old way
good	good device	good way
special	special device	special way
similar	similar device	similar way
Other adjectives: common, specific, certain, standard, convenient, simple, popular, big, great, main, new, major, dramatic, weird, strange.

Instead, everything that would be handled using an overlay menu is taken care of using a steampunk iPhone-like device called a Relic, which despite the name of the game, is not holy in any way.

Source: Roleplay / Holy Relic
Contrast When All You Have Is a Hammer, which is where a device is used in this way regardless of its actual flexibility, and Shoe Phones, which have primary functions just as illogical.

Source: Every Device Is a Swiss-Army Knife
The Carnotaurus in The Lost World: Jurassic Park arcade game had chameleon abilities like its novel counterpart, but the way it looked in the game was more along the lines of a cloaking device.

Source: Hollywood Chameleons aka: Hollywood Chameleon

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

Device & Way. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/way>.

Way or Device. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/way.

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