Turnkey vs Activate - What's the difference?
turnkey | activate |
ready to use without further assembly or test; supplied in a state that is ready to turn on and operate (typically refers to an assembly that is outsourced for manufacture)
*1980 , Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, April 1980, Kathleen Bailey,
*:Third World countries no longer want to purchase nuclear projects on a turn-key basis; they want to receive advanced technical training as well.
A warder or jailer / gaoler; keeper of the keys in a prison.
* 1836 , ,
to supply a turnkey product; to supply something fully assembled and ready to use
To put into action, to put to work.
To turn on.
As verbs the difference between turnkey and activate
is that turnkey is to supply a turnkey product; to supply something fully assembled and ready to use while activate is to put into action, to put to work.As an adjective turnkey
is ready to use without further assembly or test; supplied in a state that is ready to turn on and operate (typically refers to an assembly that is outsourced for manufacture).As a noun turnkey
is a warder or jailer / gaoler; keeper of the keys in a prison.turnkey
English
Adjective
(-)- They wanted a turnkey solution for the entire system, but we could only provide the enclosure.
When and why weapons; page 42
Noun
(en noun)The Pickwick papers
- ...they passed through an open door into a lobby, from which a heavy gate, opposite to that by which they had entered, and which was guarded by a stout turnkey with the key in his hand, led at once into the interior of the prison.
Verb
(en verb)- We can sell you all the parts, or we can turnkey the entire unit.
