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Equipment vs Luggage - What's the difference?

equipment | luggage |

As nouns the difference between equipment and luggage

is that equipment is the act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition while luggage is the bags and other containers that hold a traveller's belongings.

equipment

English

Noun

(-)
  • The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
  • * (rfdate) :
    • The equipment of the fleet was hastened by De Witt.
  • 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]
    • 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.
  • * (rfdate) :
    • Armed and dight, In the equipment of a knight.

    Related terms

    * equip

    luggage

    English

    (wikipedia luggage)

    Noun

    (-)
  • The bags and other containers that hold a traveller's belongings.
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • I am gathering up my luggage , and preparing for my journey.
  • The contents of such containers.

    • Synonyms

    * baggage

    Derived terms

    * hold luggage * cabin luggage * hand luggage

    References

    English refractory feminine rhymes