Paraphernalia vs Utensil - What's the difference?
paraphernalia | utensil |
(pluralonly) Miscellaneous items, especially the set of equipment required for a particular activity; stuff.
(archaic) Things a woman owns, apart from her dowry.
An instrument or device for domestic use, in the kitchen, or in war.
A small hand tool or material-handling implement specialized for specific types of processing such as is used in the kitchen or a laboratory.
As nouns the difference between paraphernalia and utensil
is that paraphernalia is (pluralonly) miscellaneous items, especially the set of equipment required for a particular activity; stuff while utensil is utensil.paraphernalia
English
(wikipedia paraphernalia)Noun
(-)- He has an impressive collection of bicycling paraphernalia , but he doesn't ride very often anymore.