Deactivate vs Unequip - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between deactivate and unequip

is that deactivate is (ergative) to make something inactive or no longer effective while unequip is to remove equipment.

* de-activate *

(deactivat)

(ergative) to make something inactive or no longer effective

to prevent the action of a biochemical agent (such as an enzyme)

to remove a person or piece of hardware from active military service

(unequipp)

To remove equipment.

(video games) In role-playing video games, to deactivate an item being carried by a player.