Tools are equipment....
An implement is a tool or utensil that is needed perform a task. Equipment can be the tools or supplies needed for a task.
The difference is usually that hand-tools usually refers to manual tools. Things such as hammers, wrenches, rachets, that sort of thing. Equipment is usally referring to anything that is powered by either electricity or by a motor off some sort.
I think of tools as something you can put in your hand like a hammer or a power drill. I think of equipment as something large with wheels that you sit in like a fork lift or a tractor.
Equipment are especially MADE for purpose. Equipment can include helmets, kneepads and so forth, and is a more general term... Tools are objects to work WITH. Tools is American word. Equipment is a set of tools. Tools in a non-literal sense are devices to use to do something, for example, "LANGUAGE IS A TOOL TO PROMOTE SPEAKING..." lol Equipment is basically to "equip" somebody. You cannot equip someone with a spanner or a screwdriver. Tools are commonly used for machinery. Tools are generally small, hand held, common items. Equipment are profressional items.
Tools are generally thought to be a device such as a saw or drill, something used to perform task or trade, an artist may consider his paint brush a tool of his trade or a doctor a stethoscope his tool of this trade. Equipment would be thought of as an act of being equipped with the proper tools to do a job. Or we generally refer to very large tools as being equipment such as a backhoe.
Tools are objects to do the job, (hammers,saws, drills, etc ) materials are what you build with (wood, gyprock, steel etc) and supplies are the ancillary things you need, ( nails, screws, staples etc )
The difference between early tools and modern tools is that early tools were made from stone but modern tools are made from metals.
Example of kitchen equipments - gas oven,chimney, exhaust etc. Example of kitchen tools - cutleries,serving articles.
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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.