tool vs hack

tool and hack both are nouns.

tool and hack both are verbs.

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

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

tool: an implement used in the practice of a vocation
hack: a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil

Other hyponyms of tool include abradant, abrader, bender, clincher, comb, cutting implement, drill, eolith, fork, gang, garden tool, lawn tool, grapnel, grapple, grappler, grappling hook, grappling iron, 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)	hack (noun)
the means whereby some act is accomplished	a horse kept for hire
an implement used in the practice of a vocation	an old or over-worked horse
obscene terms for penis	a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else	a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
	a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
	one who works hard at boring tasks
	a mediocre and disdained writer
	a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends

tool (verb)	hack (verb)
work with a tool	cough spasmodically
ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it	significantly cut up a manuscript
drive	fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
furnish with tools	kick on the shins
	kick on the arms
	cut away
	cut with a hacking tool
	be able to manage or manage successfully

Difference between tool and hack

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