tool vs fork

tool and fork both are nouns.

tool and fork both are verbs.

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

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

tool: an implement used in the practice of a vocation
fork: an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs

Other hyponyms of tool include abradant, abrader, bender, clincher, comb, cutting implement, drill, eolith, 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)	fork (noun)
the means whereby some act is accomplished	the act of branching out or dividing into branches
an implement used in the practice of a vocation	a utensil with two or more prongs, used for serving or eating food
obscene terms for penis	an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs
a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else	the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk
	the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches

tool (verb)	fork (verb)
work with a tool	divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it	shape like a fork
drive	place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces
furnish with tools	lift with a pitchfork

Difference between tool and fork

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