Equipment vs Things - What's the difference?
equipment | things |
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) :
One's clothes, furniture, luggage, or possessions collectively; stuff
As nouns the difference between equipment and things
is that equipment is the act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition while things is .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.
things
English
(wikipedia things)Noun
(head)- Ole Golly just had indoor things and outdoor things.... She just had yards and yards of tweed which enveloped her like a lot of discarded blankets, which ballooned out when she walked, and which she referred to as her Things.'' —Louise Fitzhugh, ''Harriet the Spy (1964)
