different between machinery vs outfit

English

Etymology

From French machinerie (“machinery”), from machine (“machine”); see machine.

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?-sh?'n?-r?, IPA^(key): /m???i?n??i/
• Rhymes: -i?n??i

Noun

machinery (countable and uncountable, plural machineries)

1. The machines constituting a production apparatus, in a plant etc., collectively.
2. The working parts of a machine as a group.
3. The collective parts of something which allow it to function.

   All of the machinery of the law was brought to bear on the investigation.

4. (figuratively) The literary devices used in a work, notably for dramatic effect

Derived terms

• heavy machinery
• political machinery

Related terms

• machinist

Translations

Further reading

• machinery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• machinery in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• hemicrany

English

Etymology

out +? fit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?tf?t/
• Hyphenation: out?fit

Noun

outfit (plural outfits)

1. A set of clothing (with accessories).
   • 2003, Jason Isbell, "Outfit":

     Don't call what you're wearing an outfit.

2. Gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose.
3. Any cohesive group of people; a unit; such as a military company.
4. (informal) A business or firm.

5. (sports) A sports team.
6. (statistics) An outlier-sensitive fit.
7. (Canada, historical) A fiscal year of the Hudson's Bay Company, or the supplies required for such a period.
   • 1949, John McLoughlin, The Financial Papers of Dr. John McLoughlin (page 56)

     […] the outfit of 1821, which outfit suffered a loss. From 1822 there were profits on each outfit as the many subsequent credit entries indicate.

Synonyms

• (set of clothing): getup
• kit
• rig
• turnout

Antonyms

• (statistics): infit

Translations

Verb

outfit (third-person singular simple present outfits, present participle outfitting, simple past and past participle outfitted)

1. (transitive) To provide with, usually for a specific purpose.

Synonyms

• equip
• fit

Derived terms

• outfitter

Translations

Anagrams

• fit out, fit-out, fitout

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• àutf?t

Etymology

From English outfit.

Noun

outfit m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. (Croatia, Bosnia) outfit

References

• “outfit” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Spanish

Noun

outfit m (plural outfits)

1. outfit (clothing)