apparatus vs copier

copier vs apparatus

apparatus and copier both are nouns.

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

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

apparatus: equipment designed to serve a specific function
copier: apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material

Other hyponyms of apparatus include aerator, burner, cascade liquefier, centrifuge, extractor, separator, chemical reactor, condenser, 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)	copier (noun)
equipment designed to serve a specific function	apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material
(anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function

Difference between apparatus and copier

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