Installed vs Equip - What's the difference?
installed | equip |
(install)
readied for use
#(literally)
#*"They installed the alarm."
#(of )
#*"The system came with a installed."
put into position
*"A new chancellor was installed."
placed
*"He was installed at the watch tower."
To furnish for service, or against a need or exigency; to fit out; to supply with whatever is necessary to efficient action in any way; to provide with arms or an armament, stores, munitions, rigging, etc.; -- said especially of ships and of troops. Dryden.
To dress up; to array; accouter.
To prepare (someone) with a skill
As verbs the difference between installed and equip
is that installed is (install) while equip is to furnish for service, or against a need or exigency; to fit out; to supply with whatever is necessary to efficient action in any way; to provide with arms or an armament, stores, munitions, rigging, etc; -- said especially of ships and of troops dryden.installed
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Verb
installedSynonyms
*(placed ): set up, established *(readied ): set up, put in, readiedequip
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(Webster 1913)Verb
- Gave orders for equipping a considerable fleet. Ludlow.
- The country are led astray in following the town, and equipped in a ridiculous habit, when they fancy themselves in the height of the mode. Addison.
