electronic equipment vs detector

detector vs electronic equipment

electronic equipment and detector both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
electronic equipment	Yes	No	No	No
detector	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, detector is a hyponym of electronic equipment; that is, detector is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than electronic equipment:

electronic equipment: equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor)
detector: electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity

Other hyponyms of electronic equipment include amplifier, audio system, sound system, cassette player, CD player, C.P.U., central processing unit, central processor, CPU, mainframe, processor, circuitry, equaliser, equalizer, electron lens, lens, mixer, modem, monitor, monitor, auxiliary equipment, off-line equipment, cathode-ray oscilloscope, CRO, oscilloscope, scope, computer peripheral, peripheral, peripheral device, playback, radio-gramophone, radio-phonograph, scrambler, set, tape deck, tape player, phone, telephone, telephone set, television equipment, video equipment, terminal.

electronic equipment (noun)	detector (noun)
equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor)	any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner
	electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity
	rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave

Difference between electronic equipment and detector

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