The difference between Apparatus and Vault

When used as nouns, apparatus means the entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished, whereas vault means an arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.

Vault is also verb with the meaning: to build as, or cover with a vault.

check bellow for the other definitions of Apparatus and Vault

  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. Vault as a noun:

    An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.

    Examples:

    "The decoration of the vault of [[w:Sainte-Chapelle Sainte-Chapelle]] was much brighter before its 19th-century restoration."

  2. Vault as a noun:

    Any arched ceiling or roof.

  3. Vault as a noun:

    Anything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly the sky and caves.

    Examples:

    "The [[stalactite]]s held tightly to the cave's vault."

  4. Vault as a noun:

    The space covered by an arched roof, particularly underground rooms and church crypts.

  5. Vault as a noun:

    Any cellar or underground storeroom.

  6. Vault as a noun:

    Any burial chamber, particularly those underground.

    Examples:

    "Family members had been buried in the vault for centuries."

  7. Vault as a noun:

    The secure room or rooms in or below a bank used to store currency and other valuables; similar rooms in other settings.

    Examples:

    "The bank kept their money safe in a large vault."

  8. Vault as a noun (gymnastics):

    A piece of apparatus used for performing jumps.

  9. Vault as a noun (gymnastics):

    A gymnastic movement performed on this apparatus.

  10. Vault as a noun (computing):

    An encrypted digital archive.

  11. Vault as a noun:

    An underground or covered conduit for water or waste; a drain; a sewer.

  12. Vault as a noun:

    A underground or covered reservoir for water or waste; a cistern; a cesspit.

  13. Vault as a noun:

    A room employing a cesspit or sewer: an outhouse; a lavatory.

  1. Vault as a verb (transitive):

    To build as, or cover with a vault.

  1. Vault as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To jump or leap over.

    Examples:

    "The fugitive vaulted over the fence to escape."

  1. Vault as a noun:

    An act of vaulting, formerly by deer; a leap or jump.

  2. Vault as a noun (equestrianism):

    a circular movement by the horse.

  3. Vault as a noun (gymnastics):

    An event or performance involving a vaulting horse.

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