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Product vs Tool - What's the difference?

product | tool |

As nouns the difference between product and tool

is that product is a commodity offered for sale 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 .

product

English

Noun

  • A commodity offered for sale.
  • Any preparation to be applied to the hair, skin, nails, etc.
  • Anything that is produced; a result.
  • * (John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • the product of those ill-mated marriages.
  • * (Edmund Burke) (1729-1797)
  • These institutions are the products of enthusiasm.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-21, volume=411, issue=8892, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title=[http://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21604535-real-sir-isaac-newton-was-not-first-king-reason-last Magician’s brain] , passage=The truth is that [Isaac] Newton was very much a product of his time. The colossus of science was not the first king of reason, Keynes wrote after reading Newton’s unpublished manuscripts. Instead “he was the last of the magicians”.}}
  • # The amount of an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.
  • # A consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances.
  • # (label) A chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction.
  • # (arithmetic) A quantity obtained by multiplication of two or more numbers.
  • # (label) Any operation or a result thereof which generalises multiplication of numbers, like the multiplicative operation in a ring, product of types or a categorical product.
  • # Any tangible or intangible good or service that is a result of a process and that is intended for delivery to a customer or end user.
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  • Illegal drugs, especially cocaine, when viewed as a commodity.
  • Usage notes

    * Adjectives often applied to "product": excellent, good, great, inferior, crappy, broken, defective, cheap, expensive, reliable, safe, dangerous, useful, valuable, useless, domestic, national, agricultural, industrial, financial.

    Synonyms

    * (items for sale) merchandise, wares, goods * (amount created by a process) production, output, creation

    Derived terms

    * by-product * categorical product * end product * finished product * gross domestic product, gross national product * product placement * product recall

    See also

    * addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) × (summand) = (sum, total) * subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference) * multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product) * division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend ----

    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.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03, author=
  • , volume=100, issue=2, page=106, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= 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.}}
  • Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Catherine Clabby
  • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= Focus on Everything , passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.
  • (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

    * *

    References

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