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Setout vs Setup - What's the difference?

setout | setup |

As nouns the difference between setout and setup

is that setout is an outset while setup is equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.

As a verb setup is

misspelling of lang=en.

setout

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • an outset
  • (colloquial, dated) a display or spread
  • *1854 , Dickens, Hard Times , Chapter 8:
  • *:‘You don’t hate Sissy, Tom?’
  • *:‘I hate to be obliged to call her Jupe. And she hates me,’ said Tom, moodily.
  • *:‘No, she does not, Tom, I am sure!’
  • *:‘She must,’ said Tom. ‘She must just hate and detest the whole set-out of us.

    • See also

    * set out

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    setup

    English

    Alternative forms

    * set-up

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia setup)
  • Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
    • The laboratory included an elaborate setup for measuring the energy.
  • The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.
    • The classroom setup was simple and efficient.
  • An act to frame someone; an effort or arrangement aimed at placing the blame on somebody.
    • Trust me, that was a setup !
  • (computing) An installer.
    • After inserting the disk, run the setup .
  • (operations) The process of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.
    • A simple setup on the bottling line involves reloading bottles and labels; emptying, cleaning, and reloading the tanks; and a test run.

    Synonyms

    * (equipment) apparatus * (the fashion in which something is organized or arranged) configuration

    Related terms

    * set up, the adjective and verb

    Verb

    (head)

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