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equipment failure vs power failure

power failure vs equipment failure

equipment failure and power failure both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
equipment failure Yes No No No
power failure Yes No No No
As nouns, power failure is a hyponym of equipment failure; that is, power failure is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than equipment failure:
  • equipment failure: a cessation of normal operation
  • power failure: equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails
Other hyponyms of equipment failure include brake failure, engine failure, dud, misfire, outage, power outage, fault.
equipment failure (noun) power failure (noun)
a cessation of normal operation equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails
Difference between equipment failure and power failure

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