artifact vs instrumentality

instrumentality vs artifact

artifact and instrumentality both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
artifact	Yes	No	No	No
instrumentality	Yes	No	No	No

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

artifact: a man-made object taken as a whole
instrumentality: an artifact (that is instrumental in accomplishing some end) for accomplishing some end

Other hyponyms of artifact 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, 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, thing, track, way, weight, building material, pavement, paving, paving material.

artifact (noun)	instrumentality (noun)
a man-made object taken as a whole	an artifact (that is instrumental in accomplishing some end) for accomplishing some end
	the quality of being instrumental for some purpose
	a subsidiary organ of government created for a special purpose

Difference between artifact and instrumentality

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