different between contrivance vs curiousness

English

Etymology

contrive +? -ance

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?t?a?.v?ns/

Noun

contrivance (plural contrivances)

1. a (mechanical) device to perform a certain task
2. a means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 266b.

     And along with each of these go their images, not the things themselves, — they too have come about by godlike contrivance.

3. something overly artful or artificial

Synonyms

• contraption

Related terms

• contrive

Translations

Further reading

• contrivance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• contrivance in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From curious +? -ness.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kj???i.?sn?s/

Noun

curiousness (usually uncountable, plural curiousnesses)

1. inquisitiveness; curiosity
2. (obsolete) care; carefulness; pains
   • 1624, Philip Massinger, The Parliament of Love

     My father's care / With curiousness and cost did train me up.

3. (dated) The state of being curious; exactness of workmanship; ingenuity of contrivance.
4. (countable) The result or product of being curious.

Synonyms

• curiosity