Arms vs Equipment - What's the difference?
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(pluralonly) Weapons.
* 1883 ,
(heraldry) Synonym for coat of arms.
English plurals
(arm)
The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
* (rfdate) :
Whatever is used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage
* 11 July 2013 , Jo Confino in The Guardian Online'', ''How technology has stopped evolution and is destroying the world[http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/technology-stopped-evolution-destroying-world?INTCMP=SRCH]
* (rfdate) :
As nouns the difference between arms and equipment
is that arms is plural of lang=en while equipment is the act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.As a verb arms
is third-person singular of arm.arms
English
Etymology 1
See arm.Noun
(head)- We laid down on the snowbank and moved our arms up and down to make snow angels.
Etymology 2
13th Century, from (etyl) armes, (etyl) arma .Noun
(en-plural noun)- The next thing I laid hold of was a brace of pistols, and as I already had a powder horn and bullets, I felt myself well supplied with arms .
- The Duke's arms were a sable gryphon rampant on an argent field.
Usage notes
* Capitalized, the word is often used in the names of pubs, taverns and the like.Verb
(head)- If the Duke arms himself for war, the king will not sit by idly!
Statistics
*Anagrams
* ----equipment
English
Noun
(-)- The equipment of the fleet was hastened by De Witt.
- Tompkins is considered a hero in the deep ecology movement and works hand in hand with his wife Kris, the former CEO of the outdoor clothing and equipment company Patagonia.
- Armed and dight, In the equipment of a knight.