test equipment vs equipment

test equipment and equipment both are nouns.

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

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

test equipment: equipment required to perform a test
equipment: an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service

test equipment (noun)	equipment (noun)
equipment required to perform a test	an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service