The difference between Tool and Use
When used as nouns, tool means a mechanical device intended to make a task easier, whereas use means the act of using.
When used as verbs, tool means to work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather, whereas use means to employ.
check bellow for the other definitions of Tool and Use
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Tool as a noun:
A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
Examples:
"Hand me that tool, would you? I don't have the right tools to start fiddling around with the engine."
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Tool as a noun:
Equipment used in a profession, e.g., tools of the trade.
Examples:
"These are the tools of the trade."
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Tool as a noun:
Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
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Tool as a noun (computing):
A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
Examples:
"The software engineer had been developing lots of EDA tools. a tool for recovering deleted files from a disk"
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Tool as a noun:
A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group.
Examples:
"He was a tool, no more than a pawn to her."
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Tool as a noun (slang):
Penis.
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Tool as a noun (by extension, slang, pejorative):
An obnoxious or uptight person.
Examples:
"He won't sell us tickets because it's 3:01, and they went off sale at 3. That guy's such a tool."
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Tool as a verb (transitive):
To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
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Tool as a verb (transitive):
To equip with tools.
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Tool as a verb (intransitive):
To work very hard.
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Tool as a verb (transitive, slang):
To put down another person (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to use him or her to meet a goal.
Examples:
"Dude, he's not your friend. He's just tooling you."
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Tool as a verb (transitive, volleyball):
To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.
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Tool as a verb (transitive, UK, slang, dated):
To drive (a coach, etc.)
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Tool as a verb (intransitive, slang):
To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.
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Use as a noun:
The act of using.
Examples:
"the use of torture has been condemned by the United Nations; there is no use for your invention"
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Use as a noun (uncountable, followed by "of"):
Usefulness, benefit.
Examples:
"What's the use of a law that nobody follows?"
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Use as a noun:
A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
Examples:
"This tool has many uses."
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Use as a noun:
Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
Examples:
"I have no further use for these textbooks."
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Use as a noun (obsolete, rare):
Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
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Use as a noun (archaic):
Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
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Use as a noun (obsolete):
Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
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Use as a noun (religion):
The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
Examples:
"the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc."
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Use as a noun (forging):
A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
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Use as a verb (transitive):
To utilize or employ. To employ; to apply; to utilize. To expend; to consume by employing. To exploit. To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly. To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted. To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
Examples:
"'Use this knife to slice the bread."
"We can use this mathematical formula to solve the problem."
"I used the money they allotted me."
"We should use up most of the fuel."
"She used all the time allotted to complete the test."
"You never cared about me; you just used me!"
"He uses cocaine.'' ''I have never used drugs."
"Richard began experimenting with cocaine last year; now he uses almost every day."
"I could use a drink. My car could use a new coat of paint."
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Use as a verb (reflexive, obsolete, with "to"):
To accustom; to habituate. To become accustomed, to accustom oneself.
Examples:
"soldiers who are used to hardships and danger q still common"
"to use the soldiers to hardships and danger q now rare"
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Use as a verb (intransitive, now, rare, literary):
To habitually do; to be wont to do.
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Use as a verb (intransitive, now, rare, literary):
To habitually employ; to be wont to employ.
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Use as a verb (intransitive, past tense with infinitive):
To habitually do. See used to.
Examples:
"I used to get things done."
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Use as a verb (dated):
To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
Examples:
"to use an animal cruelly"
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Use as a verb (reflexive, obsolete):
To behave, act, comport oneself.