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Apparatus vs Appurtenance - What's the difference?

apparatus | appurtenance |

As nouns the difference between apparatus and appurtenance

is that apparatus is apparatus while appurtenance is an appendage added to something else.

apparatus

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished.
  • A complex machine or instrument.
  • An assortment of tools or instruments.
  • A bureaucratic organization, especially one influenced by political patronage.
  • (firefighting) A vehicle used for emergency response.

    • Usage notes

    * Is occasionally used as an invariant plural: *: Look at all of those apparatus .

    Synonyms

    * (entirety of means) setup, mechanism, dynamic * (complex machine) instrument, machinery, device * (assortment of tools) tools, gear, equipment * (political patronage organization) machine

    Related terms

    * apparat

    appurtenance

    English

    (wikipedia appurtenance)

    Alternative forms

    * appurtenaunce (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An appendage added to something else.
  • (in the plural) Equipment used for some specific task; gear.
  • The thing to which another pertains.
  • (legal) Minor property (such as an outhouse) that passes with the main property when it is sold.
  • (grammar) A modifier that is appended or prepended to another word to coin a new word that expresses belonging.

    • Synonyms

    * contenement

    Related terms

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