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Device vs. Devise
Device
/dɪˈvaɪs/Examples:
Left to his own devices for fully eight months.Cam Drones are flying recording devices piloted automatically from a distance."This is a black hat device.
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This word has no antonymsDevise
/dɪˈvaɪz/Examples:
At the same time, some plan must be devised immediately.And he devised a means.The engineers devised a new method to create stronger bridges.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Device contains the letter c which is for concrete, as a device is a tangible object or tool.
- Devise has an s which can stand for scheme, as it involves planning or coming up with something.
- Remember that device is similar to vice, another noun, while devise with s sounds like rise, indicating an action.
- Devices are things you can hold, while devising something means you are holding an idea or plan in your mind.
- Device ends with ice, which is cold and fixed, just like the concrete nature of gadgets.
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