failure vs equipment failure

equipment failure vs failure

failure and equipment failure both are nouns.

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

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

failure: an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
equipment failure: a cessation of normal operation

Other hyponyms of failure include downfall, ruin, ruination, flame-out, malfunction, abortion, miscarriage, misfire, miss, bust, fizzle, flop, malformation, miscreation, breakdown, defeat, licking.

failure (noun)	equipment failure (noun)
an act that fails	a cessation of normal operation
an unexpected omission
an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
lack of success
loss of ability to function normally
inability to discharge all your debts as they come due

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