Wrench vs Tool - What's the difference?

In lang=en terms the difference between wrench and tool

is that wrench is to use the tool known as a wrench while tool is to work very hard.

As nouns the difference between wrench and tool

is that wrench is (obsolete) a trick or artifice while tool is (senseid)a mechanical device intended to make a task easier.

As verbs the difference between wrench and tool

is that wrench is (obsolete) to violently move in a turn or writhe while tool is to work on or shape with tools, eg, hand-tooled leather .

wrench

English

(wikipedia wrench)

Alternative forms

* ** wrenche * ** wrinche * ** wringe

Noun

(wrenches)

(obsolete) A trick or artifice.

* c. 1210 , MS. Cotton Caligula A IX f.246

Mon mai longe liues wene; / Ac ofte him liedh the wrench .

(obsolete) Deceit; guile; treachery.

A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.

* 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) Chapter 21

With a wrench , which threw his victim back upon the bed as though hurled from a height, he turned and sprang at us.

An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain.

(obsolete) A turn at an acute angle.

(archaic) A winch or windlass.

(obsolete) A screw.

A distorting change from the original meaning.

(US) A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes; a spanner.

A violent emotional change caused by separation.

(physics) In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body.

(obsolete) means; contrivance

(Francis Bacon)

Synonyms

* (tool) spanner (UK, Australia)

Derived terms

* adjustable wrench * socket wrench * monkey-wrench, monkey wrench, monkeywrench * pipe wrench * screw wrench * torque wrench * torsion wrench * tube wrench * dog bone wrench

Verb

(es)

(obsolete) To violently move in a turn or writhe.

To pull or twist violently.

With a surge of adrenaline, she wrenched the car door off and pulled out the injured man.

(obsolete) To turn aside or deflect.

(obsolete) To slander.

(obsolete) To tighten with or as if with a winch.

To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting.

Be careful not to wrench your ankle walking along those loose stones!

To distort from the original meaning.

(obsolete) To thrust a weapon in a twisting motion.

(intransitive, fencing, obsolete) To disarm an opponent by whirling his or her blade away.

To rack with pain.

To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist.

To use the tool known as a wrench.

The plumber wrenched the pipes until they came loose.

External links

* (Wrench)

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

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References

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