tool vs comb

tool and comb both are nouns.

tool and comb both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tool	Yes	No	Yes	No
comb	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, comb is a hyponym of tool; that is, comb is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than tool:

tool: an implement used in the practice of a vocation
comb: any of several tools for straightening fibers

Other hyponyms of tool include abradant, abrader, bender, clincher, cutting implement, drill, eolith, fork, gang, garden tool, lawn tool, grapnel, grapple, grappler, grappling hook, grappling iron, hack, hand tool, hoe, jack, Jaws of Life, neolith, paleolith, muller, pestle, pounder, plough, plow, power tool, punch, puncher, rake, ram, rounder, saw set, shaping tool, strickle, style, stylus, tamp, tamper, tamping bar, tap, swage, upset, nut key, nut tool, shaving cutter, hone.

tool (noun)	comb (noun)
the means whereby some act is accomplished	the act of drawing a comb through hair
an implement used in the practice of a vocation	ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
obscene terms for penis	the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else	a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
	any of several tools for straightening fibers

tool (verb)	comb (verb)
work with a tool	smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it	search thoroughly
drive	straighten with a comb
furnish with tools

Difference between tool and comb

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