Kit vs Package - What's the difference?
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A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves.
A kind of basket made from straw of rushes, especially for holding fish; by extension, the contents of such a basket, used as a measure of weight.
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A collection of items forming the equipment of a soldier, carried in a knapsack.
Any collection of items needed for a specific purpose, especially for use by a workman, or personal effects packed for travelling.
A collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble.
(UK, sports) The standard set of clothing, accessories and equipment worn by players.
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(UK, informal) Clothing.
(computing, informal) A full software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade.
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To assemble or collect something into kits or sets or to give somebody a kit. See also kit out and other derived phrases.
Something which came originally in kit form.
a kit violin
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Something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope.
Something which consists of various components, such as a piece of computer software.
(label) A piece of software which has been prepared in such a way that it can be installed with a package manager.
The act of packing something.
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Something resembling a package.
A package holiday.
A football formation.
(euphemistic, vulgar) The male genitalia.
A charge made for packing goods.
To pack or bundle something.
To travel on a package holiday.
As nouns the difference between kit and package
is that kit is a circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves or kit can be kitten or kit can be a kit violin or kit can be a school of pigeons, especially domesticated, trained pigeons while package is something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope.As verbs the difference between kit and package
is that kit is to assemble or collect something into kits or sets or to give somebody a kit see also kit out and other derived phrases while package is to pack or bundle something.As an adjective kit
is something which came originally in kit form.kit
English
(wikipedia kit)Etymology 1
English from the 14th century, from a Dutch kitte'', a wooden vessel made of hooped staves. Related to Dutch ''kit "tankard". The further etymology is unknown. The transfer of meaning to the contents of a soldier's knapsack dates to the late 18th century, extended use of any collection of necessaries used for travelling dates to the first half of the 19th century. The further widening of the sense to a collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble emerges in US English in the mid 20th century.Noun
(en noun)- He was pushing a barrow on the fish dock, wheeling aluminium kits which, when full, each contain 10 stone of fish.
- Always carry a good first-aid kit .
- I built the entire car from a kit .
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- Get your kit off and come to bed.
Derived terms
* airfix kit * first aid kit * football kit * kit and caboodle * kit out * kitbag * model kit * pack-up kit * toolkit * electronic kit * robot kit * starter kit * body kit * kit carVerb
(kitt)- We need to kit the parts for the assembly by Friday, so that manufacturing can build the tool.
Adjective
(-)- kit car
Etymology 2
A short form of kitten. From the 16th century (spelled kytte'', ''kitt ). From the 19th century also extended to other young animals (mink, fox, muskrat, etc.), and to a species of small fox ("kit-fox").Etymology 3
16th century, perhaps from citharaNoun
(en noun)- A dancing master's kit .
- Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance.
Etymology 4
(ca. 1880).Anagrams
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English
(wikipedia package)Noun
- Did you test the software package to ensure completeness?
- the "dime" defensive package
- For third and short, they're going to bring in their jumbo package.