Entering vs Tool - What's the difference?
entering | tool |
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, title= (senseid)A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
Equipment used in a profession, e.g., tools of the trade.
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, volume=100, issue=2, page=106, magazine=(American Scientist)
, title= Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (computing) A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group.
(slang) Penis.
(by extension, slang, pejorative) An obnoxious or uptight person.
To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather .
To equip with tools.
To work very hard.
(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.
(volleyball) To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.
(transitive, UK, slang, dated) To drive (a coach, etc.)
As verbs the difference between entering and tool
is that entering is while tool is to work on or shape with tools, eg, hand-tooled leather .As nouns the difference between entering and tool
is that entering is action of the verb to (enter) while tool is (senseid)a mechanical device intended to make a task easier.entering
English
Verb
(head)The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
Derived terms
* breaking and enteringtool
English
(wikipedia tool)Noun
(en noun)Pixels or Perish, passage=Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.}}
Catherine Clabby
Focus on Everything, passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.
Synonyms
* See also * See alsoDerived terms
* toolbar * toolbox * toolchain * tool chest * tooling * toolkit * toolless * toollike * toolmaker * toolsetVerb
(en verb)- Dude, he's not your friend. He's just tooling you.