apparatus vs nuclear reactor

nuclear reactor vs apparatus

apparatus and nuclear reactor both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
apparatus	Yes	No	No	No
nuclear reactor	Yes	No	No	No

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

apparatus: equipment designed to serve a specific function
nuclear reactor: (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements

Other hyponyms of apparatus include aerator, burner, cascade liquefier, centrifuge, extractor, separator, chemical reactor, condenser, copier, duplicator, electrograph, generator, heat pump, heliograph, brooder, incubator, instillator, Kipp's apparatus, lighting, 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)	nuclear reactor (noun)
equipment designed to serve a specific function	(physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements
(anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function

Difference between apparatus and nuclear reactor

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