Equipment vs Implement - What's the difference?
equipment | implement |
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) :
A tool or instrument for working with.
* 1900 , Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams'', ''Avon Books , (translated by James Strachey) pg. 234:
to bring about; to put into practice
to carry out; to do
As nouns the difference between equipment and implement
is that equipment is the act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition while implement is a tool or instrument for working with.As a verb implement is
to bring about; to put into practice.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.
implement
English
(wikipedia implement)Etymology 1
From .Noun
(en noun)- They carried an assortment of gardening implements in the truck.
- A man dreamt as follows: He saw two boys struggling—barrel-maker’s boys, to judge by the implements lying around.
Synonyms
* See alsoEtymology 2
From Scottish English or (etyl)Verb
(en verb)- It’s a good thought, but it will be a difficult thing to implement .