Resource vs Tool - What's the difference?
resource | tool |
Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= A person's capacity to deal with difficulty.
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, title= To supply with s.
* {{quote-book, 1999, Keith Ballard, Inclusive Education
, passage=All children receive it and, for the most part, do so in institutions that are approved by the state and, to a greater or lesser extent, resourced by the state.}}
(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= Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (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.
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.
(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.)
1000 English basic words
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As nouns the difference between tool and resource
is that tool is (mechanical device intended to make a task easier)A mechanical device intended to make a task easier while resource is something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.As verbs the difference between tool and resource
is that tool is to work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather while resource is to supply with resources.resource
English
(wikipedia resource)Noun
(en noun)Michael Sivak
Will AC Put a Chill on the Global Energy Supply?, passage=Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent,
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.}}
Derived terms
* resourceful * human resources * natural resource * renewable resource * subresourceSee also
* meansReferences
* *Verb
(resourc)citation
Anagrams
* recourse ----tool
English
(wikipedia tool)Noun
(en noun)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.}}
Catherine Clabby
Focus on Everything, passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.
Synonyms
* See also * See alsoDerived terms
* toolbar * toolbox * toolchain * tool chest * tooling * toolkit * toolless * toollike * toolmaker * toolsetVerb
(en verb)- Dude, he's not your friend. He's just tooling you.
