As nouns the difference between apparatus and equipments
is that apparatus is the entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished while equipments is plural of lang=en.
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
equipments
English
Noun
(head)
(nonstandard)
Usage notes
The plural is used in the sense of individual items of equipment in historic military usage and occasionally in modern documents, especially in some catalogues of equipment.