apparatus vs reactor

reactor vs apparatus

apparatus and reactor both are nouns.

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

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

apparatus: equipment designed to serve a specific function
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, nuclear 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)	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	an electrical device used to introduce reactance into a circuit

Difference between apparatus and reactor

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