Perform vs Equip - What's the difference?
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To do something; to execute.
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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
Perform is a related term of equip.
As verbs the difference between perform and equip
is that perform is to do something; to execute 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.perform
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- Perform a part thou hast not done before.
Derived terms
* performance * performant * performative * performator * performerExternal links
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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.