Instrument
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A device used to produce music. A measuring or displaying device. A tool, implement. A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will. A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To apply measuring devices. To devise, conceive, cook-up, plan.
Machine
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to make by machinery.to shape or finish by machinery.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A mechanical or electrical device that performs or assists in the performance of human tasks, or is used for amusement (like a pinball machine).The group that controls a political or similar organization.A vehicle operated mechanically; an automobile.A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.