Machine vs. Tool

Machine vs. Tool — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Machine and Tool

Machinenoun

A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.

Toolnoun

A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.

Hand me that tool, would you?I don't have the right tools to start fiddling around with the engine.

Machinenoun

(dated) A vehicle operated mechanically, such as an automobile or an airplane.

Toolnoun

Equipment used in a profession, e.g., tools of the trade.

Machinenoun

An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.

I called you earlier, but all I got was the machine.

Toolnoun

Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.

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Machinenoun

(computing) A computer.

Game developers assume they're pushing the limits of the machine.He refuses to turn off his Linux machine.

Toolnoun

(computing) A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.

The software engineer had been developing lots of EDA tools.a tool for recovering deleted files from a disk

Machinenoun

(figuratively) A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.

Bruce Campbell was a "demon-killing machine" because he made quick work of killing demons.The government has become a money-making machine.

Toolnoun

A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group.

He was a tool, no more than a pawn to her.

Machinenoun

Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization; a combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use.

Toolnoun

(slang) Penis.

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Machinenoun

Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.

Toolnoun

An obnoxious or uptight person.

He won't sell us tickets because it's 3:01, and they went off sale at 3. That guy's such a tool.

Machinenoun

The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.

Toolverb

(transitive) To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.

Machinenoun

Penis.

Toolverb

(transitive) To equip with tools.

Machineverb

to make by machinery.

Toolverb

(intransitive) To work very hard.

Machineverb

to shape or finish by machinery.

Toolverb

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.

Machinenoun

any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks

Toolverb

To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.

Machinenoun

an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently;

the war machine

Toolverb

To drive (a coach, etc.)

Machinenoun

an efficient person;

the boxer was a magnificent fighting machine

Toolverb

To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.

Machinenoun

4-wheeled motor vehicle; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine;

he needs a car to get to work

Toolnoun

an implement used in the practice of a vocation

Machinenoun

a group that controls the activities of a political party;

he was endorsed by the Democratic machine

Toolnoun

the means whereby some act is accomplished;

my greed was the instrument of my destructionscience has given us new tools to fight disease

Machinenoun

a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point

Toolnoun

a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else

Machineverb

turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery

Toolnoun

obscene terms for penis

Machineverb

make by machinery;

The Americans were machining while others still hand-made cars

Toolverb

drive;

The convertible tooled down the street

Toolverb

ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it;

We tooled down the street

Toolverb

furnish with tools

Toolverb

work with a tool