different between equipment vs attachment
equipment
English
Etymology
From equip +? -ment, or from French équipement.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??kw?pm?nt/
Noun
equipment (usually uncountable, plural equipments)
- The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
- (Can we date this quote?) David Hume:
- The equipment of the fleet was hastened by De Witt.
- (Can we date this quote?) David Hume:
- Whatever is used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage.
- 1851, Henry Longfellow, The Golden Legend
- Armed and dight, In the equipments of a knight.
- 1851, Henry Longfellow, The Golden Legend
Derived terms
Related terms
- equip
Translations
equipment From the web:
- what equipment is needed to play badminton
- what equipment is required to be on a trailer
- what equipment is needed for a podcast
- what equipment do i need to stream
- what equipment is required on a snowmobile in wisconsin
- what equipment does medicare pay for
- what equipment is at planet fitness
- what equipment is needed to start a podcast
attachment
English
Etymology
From French attachement, equivalent to attach +? -ment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??tæt?m?nt/
Noun
attachment (countable and uncountable, plural attachments)
- The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
- A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
- I have such an attachment towards my fiancé!
- A dependence, especially a strong one.
- A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
- The means by which something is physically attached.
- (computing) A file sent along with an email.
- (law) Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
- attachment of earnings
- (meteorology) The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.
- 2009, Jakke Mäkelä, Eero Karvinen, Niko Porjo, Antti Mäkelä and Tapio Tuomi, Attachment of Natural Lightning Flashes to Trees: Preliminary Statistical Characteristics, published in the Journal of Lightning Research, volume 1
Derived terms
- attachment disorder
Translations
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English attachment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??t?t?m?nt/, /??t?t?m?nt/
- Hyphenation: at?tach?ment
Noun
attachment m or n (plural attachments)
- attachment (to an email)
- Synonym: bijlage
- (psychology) attachment, personal bonding
attachment From the web:
- what attachment style am i
- what attachment style do i have
- what attachments come with kitchenaid mixer
- what attachment to cream butter
- what attachment for cookies
- what attachment to use for cookies
- what attachment to cream butter and sugar
- what attachment to use for frosting
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