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holding device vs vice

vice vs holding device

holding device and vice both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
holding device Yes No No No
vice Yes No No No
As nouns, vice is a hyponym of holding device; that is, vice is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than holding device:
  • holding device: a device for holding something
  • vice: a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place
Other hyponyms of holding device include chuck, clamp, clinch, holder, jaw, cobbler's last, last, shoemaker's last, pullback, tieback, spike, spindle, bench vise, vise.
holding device (noun) vice (noun)
a device for holding something a specific form of evildoing
a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place
moral weakness
Difference between holding device and vice

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