Accessory vs. Equipment

Accessoryadjective

Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or being contributory. Said of people and things, and, when of people, usually in a bad sense

‘She was accessory to the riot.’; ‘accessory sounds in music’;

Equipmentnoun

The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.

Accessoryadjective

(legal) Assisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself.

Equipmentnoun

Whatever is used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage.

Accessoryadjective

Present in a minor amount, and not essential.

Equipmentnoun

The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.

‘The equipment of the fleet was hastened by De Witt.’;

Accessorynoun

Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment.

‘the accessories of a mobile phone’;

Equipmentnoun

Whatever is used in equipping; necessaries for an expedition or voyage; the collective designation for the articles comprising an outfit; equipage; as, a railroad equipment (locomotives, cars, etc. ; for carrying on business); horse equipments; infantry equipments; naval equipments; laboratory equipments.

‘Armed and dight,In the equipments of a knight.’;

Accessorynoun

(fashion) An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves.

Equipmentnoun

an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service

Accessorynoun

(legal) A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator.

Accessorynoun

(art) Something in a work of art without being indispensably necessary, for example solely ornamental parts.

Accessoryadjective

Accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; additional; connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or contributory; said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory to the riot; accessory sounds in music.

Accessorynoun

That which belongs to something else deemed the principal; something additional and subordinate.

Accessorynoun

Same as Accessary, n.

Accessorynoun

Anything that enters into a work of art without being indispensably necessary, as mere ornamental parts.

Accessorynoun

clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing

Accessorynoun

a supplementary component that improves capability

Accessorynoun

someone who helps another person commit a crime

Accessoryadjective

relating to something that is added but is not essential;

‘an ancillary pump’; ‘an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism’; ‘The mind and emotions are auxilliary to each other’;