Instrument vs. Apparatus
Instrumentnoun
A device used to produce music.
Instrumentnoun
A means or agency for achieving an effect.
Instrumentnoun
A measuring or displaying device.
Instrumentnoun
A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
Instrumentnoun
(legal) A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
Instrumentnoun
(figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
Instrumentverb
(transitive) To apply measuring devices.
Instrumentverb
(transitive) To devise, conceive, cook up, plan.
Instrumentverb
To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.
Instrumentnoun
That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; a device; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical instruments.
Instrumentnoun
A contrivance or implement, by which musical sounds are produced; as, a musical instrument.
Instrumentnoun
A writing, as the means of giving formal expression to some act; a writing expressive of some act, contract, process, as a deed, contract, writ, etc.
Instrumentnoun
One who, or that which, is made a means, or is caused to serve a purpose; a medium, means, or agent; as, their army was primarily an instrument of oppression.
Instrumentverb
To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument; as, a sonata instrumented for orchestra.
Instrumentverb
To furnish or equip with instruments; to attach instruments to; as, the fighter planes were heavily instrumented; the patient was instrumented to monitor him remotely.
Instrumentnoun
a device that requires skill for proper use
Instrumentnoun
the means whereby some act is accomplished;
Instrumentnoun
a person used by another to gain an end
Instrumentnoun
(law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
Instrumentnoun
the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process
Instrumentnoun
any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
Instrumentverb
equip with instruments for measuring, recording, or controlling
Instrumentverb
write an instrumental score for
Instrumentverb
address a legal document to
Apparatusnoun
The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished.
Apparatusnoun
A complex machine or instrument.
Apparatusnoun
An assortment of tools and instruments.
Apparatusnoun
A bureaucratic organization, especially one influenced by political patronage.
Apparatusnoun
(firefighting) A vehicle used for emergency response.
Apparatusnoun
(gymnastics) Any of the equipment on which the gymnasts perform their movements.
Apparatusnoun
Things provided as means to some end.
Apparatusnoun
Hence: A full collection or set of implements, or utensils, for a given duty, experimental or operative; any complex instrument or appliance, mechanical or chemical, for a specific action or operation; machinery; mechanism.
Apparatusnoun
A collection of organs all of which unite in a common function; as, the respiratory apparatus.
Apparatusnoun
equipment designed to serve a specific function
Apparatusnoun
(anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function;
Apparatusnoun
the technical equipment or machinery needed for a particular activity or purpose
Apparatusnoun
the complex structure of a particular organization or system
Apparatusnoun
a collection of notes, variant readings, and other matter accompanying a printed text
