2022-02-06 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – D - device & devise

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2022-02-06

ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – D - device & devise

แนะนำการใช้ ตามที่ส่วนใหญ่ใช้ แต่ละท้องถิ่น 

ความหมาย อาจผันแปร ตาม ตำแหน่ง/หน้าที่ ในประโยค

 

Dictionary.com:

ออกเสียง device = ‘dih-VAHYS”

ออกเสียง devise = “dih-VAHYZ”

 

Common Errors in English Usage Dictionary:

device & devise 

“Device” is a noun. A can-opener is a device. 

“Devise” is a verb. 

You can devise a plan for opening a can with a sharp rock instead. 

 

Only in law is “devise” properly used as a noun, 

meaning something deeded in a will.

 

Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

Commonly Confused

The Difference between 'Devise' and 'Device'

Figure out a way to read this on your smartphone.

What to Know

Devise is a verb meaning "to invent or plan." 

Device is a noun referring to a technique, method, tool, 

or small machine or gadget.

The words devise and device share the same root

—the Latin dividere ("to divide")—but have different functions in English. 

We'll help you craft a way to remember them, 

but the simple difference is this: 

devise is a verb and device is a noun.

 

Using 'Devise'

To devise something means to plan it out in the mind. 

It shares a synonym with invent.

 

Using 'Device'

The noun device has several meanings. 

It can refer to a technique, method, or tool used 

to achieve something (such as to convey a message):

 

In modern use, 

device might be best known as a word for a small machine or gadget, 

and particularly for an electronic gadget such as a smartphone:

If you are left to your own devices,

 you are in a position to do what you want 

or are able to do without being controlled or helped by anyone else.

 

Collins COBUILD English Usage:

device & devise 

1. 'device'

Device (/dɪvaɪs/) is a noun. 

A device is an object that has been made or built for a particular purpose, 

such as recording or measuring something.

...a device that could measure minute quantities of matter.

...an electronic device.

 

2. 'devise'

Devise (/dɪvaɪz/) is a verb. 

If you devise a plan, system,or machine, 

you have the idea for it and you work it out or design it.

The challenge was to devise a proposal that kept costs to a minimum.

Year by year we devise more precise instruments with which to observe the planets.