What is the difference between a Gadget, a Gizmo, a Contraption and a Doohickey?
What is the difference between a Gadget, a Gizmo, a Contraption and a Doohickey?
Does anyone know?
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syn·o·nym /ˈsinəˌnim/ noun noun: synonym; plural noun: synonyms
a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language, for example shut is a synonym of close.
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Synonyms aren't necessarily interchangeable. Asking about the distinctions is a good question.
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and yet; sometimes they are 100% interchangeable and asking for distinctions is not a good question.
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And yet another yet, the comm description is: "There is no such thing as a Stupid Question!".
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It's too bad there isn't a community where you could ask a question that you realize is probably stupid, but still want an answer for
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That is a very sad way to think of language.
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literally
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