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"Equipment" and "facility"

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"Equipment" and "facility"
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Lawrence asks about the difference between equipment and facility.

Usually, equipment refers to "supplies or tools needed for a special purpose":

sports equipment

The photographer came early to set up his equipment.

He sells medical equipment.

 

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Facility is usually used to mean "something (such as a building) that is built for a specific purpose":

a new sewage-treatment facility

The company built a large manufacturing facility in the next town.

a correctional facility

 

 

 

 

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