apparatus vs optical bench

optical bench vs apparatus

apparatus and optical bench both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
apparatus	Yes	No	No	No
optical bench	Yes	No	No	No

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

apparatus: equipment designed to serve a specific function
optical bench: apparatus for observation and measurement of optical phenomena

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, nuclear reactor, reactor, 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)	optical bench (noun)
equipment designed to serve a specific function	apparatus for observation and measurement of optical phenomena
(anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function

Difference between apparatus and optical bench

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