equipment vs instrumentality

equipment and instrumentality both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
equipment	Yes	No	No	No
instrumentality	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, instrumentality is a hypernym of equipment; that is, instrumentality is a word with a broader meaning than equipment:

equipment: an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service
instrumentality: an artifact (that is instrumental in accomplishing some end) for accomplishing some end

Other hypernyms of equipment include instrumentation, means.

equipment (noun)	instrumentality (noun)
an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service	an artifact (that is instrumental in accomplishing some end) for accomplishing some end
	the quality of being instrumental for some purpose
	a subsidiary organ of government created for a special purpose