alarm vs device

device vs alarm

alarm and device both are nouns.

alarm is a verb but device is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
alarm	Yes	No	Yes	No
device	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, device is a hypernym of alarm; that is, device is a word with a broader meaning than alarm:

alarm: a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose

alarm (noun)	device (noun)
a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event	any clever maneuver
a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time	an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger	an emblematic design (especially in heraldry)
fear resulting from the awareness of danger	any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)
	something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect

alarm (verb)	device (verb)
warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

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