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Vehicle vs Equipment - What's the difference?

vehicle | equipment |

As nouns the difference between vehicle and equipment

is that vehicle is a conveyance; a device for carrying or transporting substances, objects or individuals while equipment is the act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.

vehicle

English

(wikipedia vehicle)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A conveyance; a device for carrying or transporting substances, objects or individuals.
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  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=28, magazine=(The Economist)
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  • A medium for expression of talent or views.
  • A liquid content (e.g. oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint. (FM 55-501).
  • An entity to achieve an end.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author= Ed Pilkington
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=6, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= ‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told , passage=In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.}}
  • (Buddhism) A mode or method of spiritual practice; a yana.
  • (Hinduism) An animal or (rarely) a plant on which a Hindu deity rides or sits

    • Synonyms

    * (Hinduism) vahan

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * long vehicle * in-vehicle * vehicular

    Related terms

    * vector * vectorial * vectorize

    External links

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    equipment

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
  • * (rfdate) :
    • The equipment of the fleet was hastened by De Witt.
  • Whatever is used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage
  • * 11 July 2013 , Jo Confino in The Guardian Online'', ''How technology has stopped evolution and is destroying the world[http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/technology-stopped-evolution-destroying-world?INTCMP=SRCH]
    • Tompkins is considered a hero in the deep ecology movement and works hand in hand with his wife Kris, the former CEO of the outdoor clothing and equipment company Patagonia.
  • * (rfdate) :
    • Armed and dight, In the equipment of a knight.

    Related terms

    * equip