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device  –  devise:

[the end sound in ‘device’ is with an ‘s’ sound, and the end sound in ‘devise’ is with a ‘z’ sound]

a health-care device

“Device” (with a ‘c’) is a noun and means ‘an instrument, or a plan, that is cleverly thought out’,

some electronic devices

e.g.

This small box-like device is for sharpening knives.

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“Devise” (with an ‘s’) is a verb and means ‘to invent or plan something cleverly; a legal term referring to a clause in a will’,

devised a plan to develop the city

e.g.

He devised an instrument to remove stains from carpets.

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