electronic equipment vs peripheral device

peripheral device vs electronic equipment

electronic equipment and peripheral device both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
electronic equipment	Yes	No	No	No
peripheral device	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, peripheral device is a hyponym of electronic equipment; that is, peripheral device 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)
peripheral device: electronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer

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, detector, equaliser, equalizer, electron lens, lens, mixer, modem, monitor, monitor, auxiliary equipment, off-line equipment, cathode-ray oscilloscope, CRO, oscilloscope, scope, computer peripheral, peripheral, playback, radio-gramophone, radio-phonograph, scrambler, set, tape deck, tape player, phone, telephone, telephone set, television equipment, video equipment, terminal.

electronic equipment (noun)	peripheral device (noun)
equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor)	electronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer

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