Difference between Contrivance and Dodge

What is the difference between Contrivance and Dodge?

Contrivance as a noun is a (mechanical) device to perform a certain task while Dodge as a noun is an act of dodging

Contrivance

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a (mechanical) device to perform a certain task a means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective something overly artful or artificial

Dodge

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To avoid by moving out of the way (often suddenly)To avoid; to sidestepTo go hither and thither

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An act of dodgingA trick, evasion or wile

Example sentence: Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

We hope you now know whether to use Contrivance or Dodge in your sentence.

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