gear vs kit

gear

noun
  • Clothing; garments. 

  • Recreational drugs, including steroids. 

  • A wheel with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other; a gear wheel. 

  • A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque. 

  • Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor. 

  • A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved. 

adj
  • great or fantastic 

verb
  • To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio. 

  • To dress; to put gear on; to harness. 

  • To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose). 

  • To borrow money in order to invest it in assets. 

  • To be in, or come into, gear. 

kit

noun
  • Clothing. 

  • A drum kit. 

  • A kitten (young cat). 

  • A collection of items forming the equipment of a soldier, carried in a knapsack. 

  • A young rabbit. 

  • A school of pigeons, especially domesticated, trained pigeons. 

  • A young ferret. 

  • The standard set of clothing, accessories and equipment worn by players. 

  • A young beaver. 

  • A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves. 

  • A full software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade. 

  • A collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble. 

  • A young skunk. 

  • A kind of basket made especially from straw of rushes, especially for holding fish; by extension, the contents of such a basket or similar container, used as a measure of weight. 

  • Any collection of items needed for a specific purpose, especially for use by a workman, or personal effects packed for travelling. 

  • The set of skills and abilities chosen for a playable character. 

  • A young weasel 

  • Synonym of kit violin 

  • A kit fox. 

verb
  • To assemble or collect something into kits or sets or to give somebody a kit. See also kit out and other derived phrases. 

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