Devices
Devices noun - An inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase `left to your own devices'.
Geniuses
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Most of us are probably technically geniuses (if such a loaded term can be used in this context), but because we're also nuts and have poor social skills, it's unlikely that our Spark-y genes would be passed on were we left to our own devices.
- Genius: The Transgression has both Weird Science and a sort of deconstructed take on Hollywood Science; Geniuses are capable of building Wonders, devices that should not work by the principles of proper science, but do anyway.
Source: Weird Science - In fact, the devices created by Geniuses break down and stop working when subjected to actual scientific analysis.
Source: The Spark of Genius
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