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Does **織機** mean the device, while **機** means the concept?

Or maybe one of them is more formal than the other?
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What is the difference between 織機(しょっき) and 機 (はた)?
Both refer to the device of weaving, but modern automatic power-looms are
usually called 織機 (しょっき) or 織布機 (しょくふき). Traditional, manual looms are
typically called 機 (はた) or 機織り機 (はたおりき) in novels and fairy tales. In academic
contexts they're called 織機 anyway (see [Japanese Wikipedia on
織機](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B9%94%E6%A9%9F)).
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