What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Vesture vs Equipment - What's the difference?

vesture | equipment | Related terms |

Vesture is a related term of equipment.


As nouns the difference between vesture and equipment

is that vesture is a covering of or like clothing while equipment is the act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.

As a verb vesture

is (archaic) to clothe.

vesture

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A covering of or like clothing.
  • * 1851 ,
  • His broad-brim was placed beside him; his legs were stiffly crossed; his drab vesture was buttoned up to his chin; and spectacles on nose, he seemed absorbed in reading from a ponderous volume.

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (archaic) To clothe.
  • 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.