The difference between Apparatus and Machine

When used as nouns, apparatus means the entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished, whereas machine means a device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.

Machine is also verb with the meaning: to make by machinery.

check bellow for the other definitions of Apparatus and Machine

  1. Apparatus as a noun:

    The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished.

  2. Apparatus as a noun:

    A complex machine or instrument.

  3. Apparatus as a noun:

    An assortment of tools and instruments.

  4. Apparatus as a noun:

    A bureaucratic organization, especially one influenced by political patronage.

  5. Apparatus as a noun (firefighting):

    A vehicle used for emergency response.

  6. Apparatus as a noun (gymnastics):

    Any of the equipment on which the gymnasts perform their movements.

  1. Machine as a noun:

    A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.

  2. Machine as a noun (dated):

    A vehicle operated mechanically, such as an automobile or an airplane.

  3. Machine as a noun (telephony, abbreviation):

    An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.

    Examples:

    "I called you earlier, but all I got was the machine."

  4. Machine as a noun (computing):

    A computer.

    Examples:

    "Game developers assume they're pushing the limits of the machine."

    "He refuses to turn off his Linux machine."

  5. Machine as a noun (figuratively):

    A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.

    Examples:

    "Bruce Campbell was a "demon-killing machine" because he made quick work of killing demons."

    "The government has become a money-making machine."

  6. Machine as a noun:

    Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization; a combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use.

  7. Machine as a noun:

    Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Addison"

  8. Machine as a noun (politics, chiefly, US):

    The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.

  9. Machine as a noun (euphemistic, obsolete):

    Penis.

  1. Machine as a verb:

    to make by machinery.

  2. Machine as a verb:

    to shape or finish by machinery.

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