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Apparatus vs Implement - What's the difference?

apparatus | implement |

As nouns the difference between apparatus and implement

is that apparatus is apparatus while implement is a tool or instrument for working with.

As a verb implement is

to bring about; to put into practice.

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

    implement

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tool or instrument for working with.
  • They carried an assortment of gardening implements in the truck.
  • * 1900 , Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams'', ''Avon Books , (translated by James Strachey) pg. 234:
  • A man dreamt as follows: He saw two boys struggling—barrel-maker’s boys, to judge by the implements lying around.
    Synonyms
    * See also

    Etymology 2

    From Scottish English or (etyl)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to bring about; to put into practice
  • It’s a good thought, but it will be a difficult thing to implement .
  • to carry out; to do
  • Usage notes
    * Objects: plan, programme, strategy, policy, agreement, order, specification, etc.
    Derived terms
    * implementable * implementation * implementer