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Armoury vs Armamentarium - What's the difference?

armoury | armamentarium |

As nouns the difference between armoury and armamentarium

is that armoury is heraldry while armamentarium is all of the equipment available for carrying out a task, especially all the equipment used by a physician in the practice of medicine.

armoury

English

Alternative forms

* armory (US)

Noun

(armouries)
  • Heraldry
  • A place where arms are kept, an arsenal.
  • A collection of weapons and materiel.
  • A place where arms are made.

    • Derived terms

    * armourer

    armamentarium

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • All of the equipment available for carrying out a task, especially all the equipment used by a physician in the practice of medicine.
  • * 2010 , Timothy J. Nelson et al.'', "Induced pluripotent stem cells: advances to applications," ''Stem Cells and Cloning: Advances and Applications , Dove Press, no. 3, p. 29:
    • Induced pluripotent stem cell (iPS) technology has enriched the armamentarium of regenerative medicine by introducing autologous pluripotent progenitor pools bioengineered from ordinary somatic tissue.
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