apparatus vs burner

burner vs apparatus

apparatus and burner both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
apparatus	Yes	No	No	No
burner	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, burner is a hyponym of apparatus; that is, burner is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than apparatus:

apparatus: equipment designed to serve a specific function
burner: an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse)

Other hyponyms of apparatus include aerator, cascade liquefier, centrifuge, extractor, separator, chemical reactor, condenser, copier, duplicator, electrograph, generator, heat pump, heliograph, brooder, incubator, instillator, Kipp's apparatus, lighting, nuclear reactor, reactor, optical bench, pendulum, purifier, reformer, semaphore, sequenator, sequencer, soda fountain, still, submersible, telegraph, telegraphy, titrator, X-ray machine, scintigraph, scintiscanner, atmoradiograph, memory apparatus, mnemometer, whirling table, calorisator, calorizator, chromatograph, disinfector, defecator, pasteuriser, pasteurizer, adsorber.

apparatus (noun)	burner (noun)
equipment designed to serve a specific function	an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse)
(anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function	the heating elements of a stove or range on which pots and pans are placed for cooking

Difference between apparatus and burner

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