different between mechanism vs outfit

English

Etymology

From Latin mechanismus, from Greek ?????? (m?khan?, “machine”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?k?n?zm/

Noun

mechanism (countable and uncountable, plural mechanisms)

1. (within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.
2. Any combination of cams, gears, links, belts, chains and logical mechanical elements.
3. A group of entities, such as objects, that interact together.

4. A mental, physical, or chemical process.
5. Any process of, or system designed to manage useful energy conversion.
6. (philosophy) The theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes.

Derived terms

• defense mechanism, defence mechanism
• reaction mechanism

Translations

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)