different between equipment vs labware

English

From equip +? -ment, or from French équipement.

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.
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.

From lab +? -ware.

labware (uncountable)

(sciences) All the glassware and other equipment used in many different types of laboratory, but excluding specialist equipment such as spectrometers.

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