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apparatus vs semaphore

semaphore vs apparatus

apparatus and semaphore both are nouns.

apparatus is not a verb while semaphore is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
apparatus Yes No No No
semaphore Yes No Yes No
As nouns, semaphore is a hyponym of apparatus; that is, semaphore is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than apparatus:
  • apparatus: equipment designed to serve a specific function
  • semaphore: an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms
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, optical bench, pendulum, purifier, reformer, 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) semaphore (noun)
equipment designed to serve a specific function an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms
(anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function
apparatus (verb) semaphore (verb)
convey by semaphore, of information
send signals by or as if by semaphore
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