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equipment failure vs power outage

power outage vs equipment failure

equipment failure and power outage both are nouns.

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

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