Devices
Devices noun - An inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase `left to your own devices'.
Props
Props noun - Public acknowledgment or admiration for an achievement.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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The Build Team also occasionally names the devices/props they build to test their myths, such as Lucy the Moosey, a 600 pound rubber moose replica that they built to test a myth about animal/motor vehicle collisions.
Source: I Call It "Vera" - In the Wild Cards novels, the creations of several eccentric tinkerers are irreproducible, even by their creators, because they don't actually work: the "devices" are actually just props, extensions of their Ace powers.
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Props and Devices. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/devices/props
Devices & Props. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/devices/props>.
Props or Devices. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/devices/props.
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