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power outage vs equipment failure

equipment failure vs power outage

power outage and equipment failure both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
power outage Yes No No No
equipment failure Yes No No No
As nouns, equipment failure is a hypernym of power outage; that is, equipment failure is a word with a broader meaning than power outage:
  • power outage: equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails
  • equipment failure: a cessation of normal operation
Other hypernyms of power outage include breakdown.
power outage (noun) equipment failure (noun)
equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails a cessation of normal operation
Difference between power outage and equipment failure

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