artefact vs thing

thing vs artefact

artefact and thing both are nouns.

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

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

artefact: a man-made object taken as a whole
thing: an artifact

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, plaything, toy, ready-made, restoration, flat solid, sheet, sphere, square, squeaker, slip, strip, construction, structure, surface, track, way, weight, building material, pavement, paving, paving material.

artefact (noun)	thing (noun)
a man-made object taken as a whole	a separate and self-contained entity
	an action
	an artifact
	an entity that is not named specifically
	any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence
	a special abstraction
	a special objective
	a vaguely specified concern
	a statement regarded as an object
	an event
	a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion
	a special situation

Difference between artefact and thing

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