Assertion: appliance | /r/HasProperty | the act
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Source sentences:
text: As nouns the difference between application and appliance is that application is the act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb while appliance is the act of applying; application.
text: As nouns the difference between appliance and fixture is that appliance is the act of applying; application while fixture is (legal) something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it.