Appliance vs. Device

A device or instrument designed to perform a specific function, especially an electrical device, such as a toaster, for household use

An object designed and manufactured to perform one or more functions.

A dental or surgical device designed to perform a therapeutic or corrective function.

A literary contrivance, such as parallelism or personification, used to achieve a particular effect.

An implement, an instrument or apparatus designed (or at least used) as a means to a specific end, especially:

A decorative design, figure, or pattern, as one used in embroidery.

A non-manual apparatus or device, powered electrically or by another small motor, used in homes to perform domestic functions (household appliance) and/or in offices.

A graphic symbol or motto, especially in heraldry.

An attachment, a piece of equipment to adapt another tool or machine to a specific purpose.

A plan or scheme for accomplishing something

(obsolete) The act of applying.

Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.

(obsolete) A means of eliminating or counteracting something undesirable, especially an illness.

(computer hardware) A peripheral device; an item of hardware.

Willing service, willingness to act as someone wishes.

A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

The act of applying; application.

(Ireland) An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb

Subservience; compliance.

(rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.

A thing applied or used as a means to an end; an apparatus or device; as, to use various appliances; a mechanical appliance; a machine with its appliances.

(heraldry) A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs from a badge or cognizance primarily as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge borne by members of the same house successively.

An apparatus or device, usually powered electrically, used in homes to perform domestic functions. An appliance is often categorized as a major appliance or a minor appliance by its cost. Common major appliances are the refrigerator, washing machine, clothes drier, oven, and dishwasher. Some minor appliances are a toaster, vacuum cleaner or microwave oven.

(archaic) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.

A device that is very useful for a particular job

(legal) An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.

Durable goods for home or office use

(printing) An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.

(obsolete) A spectacle or show.

(obsolete) Opinion; decision.

That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

Power of devising; invention; contrivance.

An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance.

Anything fancifully conceived.

A spectacle or show.

Opinion; decision.

Any artifactual object designed to perform an action or process, with or without an operator in attendance.

An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose;

Something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect

Any clever (deceptive) maneuver;

Any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)

An emblematic design (especially in heraldry);