different between contrivance vs enginery

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

Alternative forms

• enginrie (obsolete)

Etymology

engine +? -ry

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nd???n?i/

Noun

enginery (countable and uncountable, plural engineries)

1. (archaic) Machinery made up of engines; instruments of war.
2. (archaic) The act or art of managing engines, or artillery.
3. (archaic) Any device or contrivance; machinery; structure or arrangement.
   • a. 1763, William Shenstone, The Ruined Abbey

     To play some image on the gaping crowd,
     Imbibe the novel daylight, and expose,
     Obvious, the fraudful enginery of Rome

Anagrams

• reneying