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Tool vs Equipment - What's the difference?

tool | equipment |

Equipment is a synonym of tool.



As nouns the difference between tool and equipment

is that tool is (mechanical device intended to make a task easier)A mechanical device intended to make a task easier while equipment is the act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.

As a verb tool

is to work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.

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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    • , 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.
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    • , 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

    1000 English basic words ----

    equipment

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
  • * (rfdate) :
    • The equipment of the fleet was hastened by De Witt.
  • Whatever is used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage
  • * 11 July 2013 , Jo Confino in The Guardian Online'', ''How technology has stopped evolution and is destroying the world[http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/technology-stopped-evolution-destroying-world?INTCMP=SRCH]
    • Tompkins is considered a hero in the deep ecology movement and works hand in hand with his wife Kris, the former CEO of the outdoor clothing and equipment company Patagonia.
  • * (rfdate) :
    • Armed and dight, In the equipment of a knight.

    Related terms

    * equip