Devices
Devices noun - An inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase `left to your own devices'.
Tools
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Same kinds of tools and devices, same form of government, same language, same culture—you wouldn't even need to dress differently to fit right in.
Source: Medieval Stasis -
Although the human population of the UK is reduced to medieval levels and the nuclear winter, fallout, and loss of modern infrastructure and industry has made sustaining a viable population extremely difficult, they are able to maintain a handful of more primitive tools and devices.
Source: Film / Threads - The shop itself is constantly cluttered with devices, tools and a wall of cubby shelves with interesting labels that are more or less accurate ("Raw Meat" is one in particular that we hope is less).
Source: Cow Tools
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Tools and Devices. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/devices/tools
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