Device vs. Equipment

Difference Between Device and Equipment
Devicenoun
Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
There are a number of household devices in a kitchen such as a dishwasher, a garbage disposal, or an electric can opener.Equipmentnoun
The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
Devicenoun
(computing) A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
Equipmentnoun
Whatever is used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage.
Devicenoun
A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
Equipmentnoun
an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service
Devicenoun
(Ireland) An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb
Devicenoun
(rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.
Devicenoun
(heraldry) A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs from a badge or cognizance primarily because as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge borne by members of the same house successively.
Devicenoun
(archaic) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
Devicenoun
(legal) An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
Devicenoun
(printing) An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
Devicenoun
(obsolete) A spectacle or show.
Devicenoun
(obsolete) Opinion; decision.
Devicenoun
an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose;
the device is small enough to wear on your wrista device intended to conserve waterDevicenoun
something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect
Devicenoun
any clever (deceptive) maneuver;
he would stoop to any device to win a pointDevicenoun
any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)
Devicenoun
an emblematic design (especially in heraldry);
he was recognized by the device on his shield