Tool vs. Equipment

Difference Between Tool and Equipment
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.Equipmentnoun
The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
Toolnoun
Equipment used in a profession, e.g., tools of the trade.
Equipmentnoun
Whatever is used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage.
Toolnoun
Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
Equipmentnoun
an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service
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 diskToolnoun
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.Toolnoun
(slang) Penis.
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.Toolverb
(transitive) To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
Toolverb
(transitive) To equip with tools.
Toolverb
(intransitive) To work very hard.
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.Toolverb
To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.
Toolverb
To drive (a coach, etc.)
Toolverb
To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.
Toolnoun
an implement used in the practice of a vocation
Toolnoun
the means whereby some act is accomplished;
my greed was the instrument of my destructionscience has given us new tools to fight diseaseToolnoun
a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
Toolnoun
obscene terms for penis
Toolverb
drive;
The convertible tooled down the streetToolverb
ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it;
We tooled down the streetToolverb
furnish with tools
Toolverb
work with a tool