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Apparatus vs Farspeaker - What's the difference?

apparatus | farspeaker |

As nouns the difference between apparatus and farspeaker

is that apparatus is the entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished while farspeaker is one who farspeaks.

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

    farspeaker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who farspeaks.
  • *1987 , Mercedes Lackey, Arrow's flight :
    • "I wish I wasn't so messed up; I wish I was bigger and stronger. Or a Farspeaker' like Kyril,” she replied in a very small voice. “You can't help what happened. As for being a ' Farspeaker , I don't think both of us together could reach someone with the Gift to hear us, and if we could, I don't know that it would do any good," he sighed.
  • A device or apparatus used to farspeak or communicate over long distances; telephone.
  • *1948 , New Statesman: the week-end review:
    • Ecgbert picked up the farspeaker eagerly. "Frideswide darling! I have been wating to hear from you all the morning. [...]"
  • *1984 , John Brunner, The crucible of time :
    • "Let's find out whether I do or not," said Yull imperturbably, and activated the farspeaker to maximum volume. At one a voice rang out, impersonal, repetitive: the sound of a recordimal.
  • *2009 , Nick Gevers, Jay Lake, Other Earths :
    • “Sir, we found him in the farspeaker room,” said one of the guards. “He was tampering with the equipment."
  • *2011 , James Rollins, Jake Ransom and the Howling Sphinx :
    • She held it out toward him. It was the size of a chicken egg, only broken in half. The other half of the crystal—carried by another—would vibrate in tune with its twin, allowing communication, like a walkie-talkie. “A farspeaker'! Pindor gasped out. "Why didn't you tell us you had one!" "I did. Back when I first ran into you all," she reminded them. "I had been calling Papa on my ' farspeaker when I was snatched here."