Instrumental vs Tool - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between instrumental and tool

is that instrumental is instrumental (grammatical case) while tool is (senseid)a mechanical device intended to make a task easier.

As a verb tool is

to work on or shape with tools, eg, hand-tooled leather .

instrumental

English

(wikipedia instrumental)

Adjective

(en adjective)

Acting as an instrument; serving as a means; contributing to promote; conductive; helpful; serviceable; essential or central.

He was instrumental in conducting the business.

* (rfdate), (William Shakespeare), (Hamlet), I,ii

The head is not more native to the heart, The hand more instrumental to the mouth —

(music) Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, especially a musical instrument.

instrumental music

* (rfdate) (Thomas Babington Macaulay)

He defended the use of instrumental music in public worship.

* (rfdate) (John Dryden)

* Sweet voices mix'd with instrumental sounds.

(grammar) Applied to a case expressing means or agency, generally indicated in English by by'' or ''with with the objective.

the instrumental case

Coordinate terms

* (serving as a means) final * (music) vocal, a capella

Antonyms

* noninstrumental

Derived terms

* instrumental error * instrumentation * instrumentality * instrumentive

Noun

(uncountable, grammar) The instrumental case.

(countable, music) A composition without lyrics.

* 1977 , Stereo Review (volume 38, page 70)

I recommend this album in the face of the fact that five of the eleven songs are the purest filler, dull instrumentals with a harmonica rifling over an indifferent rhythm section. The rest is magnificent

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tool

English

(wikipedia tool)

Noun

(en noun)

(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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Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.

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(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.

Synonyms

* See also * See also

Derived terms

* toolbar * toolbox * toolchain * tool chest * tooling * toolkit * toolless * toollike * toolmaker * toolset

Verb

(en verb)

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.

Dude, he's not your friend. He's just tooling you.

(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.)

Synonyms

* (volleyball) use

Derived terms

* tool around

Anagrams

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References

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