artefact vs plaything

plaything vs artefact

artefact and plaything both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
artefact	Yes	No	No	No
plaything	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, plaything is a hyponym of artefact; that is, plaything is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than artefact:

artefact: a man-made object taken as a whole
plaything: an artifact designed to be played with

Other hyponyms of artefact include article, facility, Americana, anachronism, antiquity, block, button, commodity, good, trade good, cone, covering, creation, decker, decoration, ornament, ornamentation, electroplate, excavation, duplicate, extra, cloth, fabric, material, textile, facility, installation, fixture, float, insert, inset, instrumentality, instrumentation, means, bed, layer, lemon, stinker, line, marker, mystification, opening, cushioning, padding, toy, ready-made, restoration, flat solid, sheet, sphere, square, squeaker, slip, strip, construction, structure, surface, thing, track, way, weight, building material, pavement, paving, paving material.

artefact (noun)	plaything (noun)
a man-made object taken as a whole	an artifact designed to be played with

Difference between artefact and plaything

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