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Apparatus vs Vendor - What's the difference?

apparatus | vendor |

As nouns the difference between apparatus and vendor

is that apparatus is apparatus while vendor is a person or a company that vends or sells.

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

    vendor

    English

    (wikipedia vendor)

    Alternative forms

    * vender

    Noun

  • A person or a company that vends or sells.

    • Synonyms

    * merchant * seller

    Related terms

    * vend * vending machine * vendor bid

    See also

    * Spanish: vender (to sell) ----