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Toiled vs Tooled - What's the difference?

toiled | tooled |

As verbs the difference between toiled and tooled

is that toiled is (toil) while tooled is (tool).

As an adjective tooled is

worked with a tool.

toiled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (toil)
    • ----

    toil

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • labour, work
  • * 1908:
    • ...he set to work again and made the snow fly in all directions around him. After some further toil his efforts were rewarded, and a very shabby door-mat lay exposed to view.
  • trouble, strife
  • A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; usually in the plural.
  • * Denham
    • As a Numidian lion, when first caught, / Endures the toil that holds him.
  • * Dryden
    • Then toils for beasts, and lime for birds, were found.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To labour; work.
  • To struggle.
  • To work (something); often with out .
  • * Holland
    • places well toiled and husbanded
  • * Milton
    • [I] toiled out my uncouth passage.
  • To weary through excessive labour.
  • * Shakespeare
    • toiled with works of war

    Synonyms

    * , (l)

    See also

    * toil and moil

    Anagrams

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    tooled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (tool)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Worked with a tool.
  • (bookbinding) Impressed with an ornamental design.
  • *1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 22:
  • *:A few sets of tooled leather bindings were set out on narrow polished tables, between book ends.

    • Anagrams

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