Device vs. Equipment

Device vs. Equipment — Is There a Difference?
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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

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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.

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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 water

Devicenoun

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 point

Devicenoun

any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)

Devicenoun

an emblematic design (especially in heraldry);

he was recognized by the device on his shield