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Tool vs Chisel - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between tool and chisel

is that tool is (senseid)a mechanical device intended to make a task easier while chisel is a cutting tool consisting of a slim oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end it may be provided with a handle at the other end it is used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by placing the sharp edge against the material to be cut and pushing or pounding the other end with a hammer, or mallet.

As verbs the difference between tool and chisel

is that tool is to work on or shape with tools, eg, hand-tooled leather while chisel is to use a chisel.

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

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    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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    chisel

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * * (dialectal)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Gravel.
  • (lb) Coarse flour; bran; the coarser part of bran ir flour.
    • Related terms
    * (wikipedia chisel)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cutting tool consisting of a slim oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end. It may be provided with a handle at the other end. It is used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by placing the sharp edge against the material to be cut and pushing or pounding the other end with a hammer, or mallet.
    • See also
    * burin * graver

    Verb

  • To use a chisel.
  • To work something with a chisel.
    • She chiselled a sculpture out of the block of wood.
  • (informal) To cheat, to get something by cheating.
    • Usage notes
    (chiselling) and (chiselled) are more common in the UK while (chiseling) and (chiseled) are more common in the US.
    Derived terms
    * chiseler, chiseller * chisel in on

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