Difference between equipment and instrument?
Equipments (also called as Tools) are the devices required to
perform and/or expedite a task. There are various types of tools
including cutting tools, moving tools, shaping tools, fastening
tools, guiding & measuring tools.
Instruments are the devices basically used to measure, record or
identify any entity. It includes devices used in following sectors:
electrical or electronic or scientific , medical, laboratory,
vehicle, weather and measurement.