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Tool vs Toot - What's the difference?

tool | toot |

As a noun 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 .

As an interjection toot is

honk.

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

    * 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 ----

    toot

    English

    Alternative forms

    * tout (in some verb senses only)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The noise of a horn or whistle.
    • He gave a little toot of the horn, to get their attention.
  • (by extension, informal) A fart; flatus.
  • (uncountable, slang) Cocaine.
  • (informal) A spree of drunkness.

    • Derived terms

    * on a toot

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To stand out, or be prominent.
    • (Howell)
  • To peep; to look narrowly.
    • (Latimer)
  • * Spenser
    • for birds in bushes tooting
  • To see; to spy.
  • To flatulate.
  • To make the sound of a horn or whistle.
  • * Thackeray
    • Tooting horns and rattling teams of mail coaches.
  • To cause a horn or whistle to make its sound.
  • To go on a drinking binge.

    • Derived terms

    * darn tootin' * toot one's own horn

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