tool vs pestle

tool and pestle both are nouns.

tool and pestle both are verbs.

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

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

tool: an implement used in the practice of a vocation
pestle: a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone

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, hack, hand tool, hoe, jack, Jaws of Life, neolith, paleolith, muller, 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)	pestle (noun)
the means whereby some act is accomplished	a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
an implement used in the practice of a vocation	a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone
obscene terms for penis	machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else

tool (verb)	pestle (verb)
work with a tool	grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar
ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it
drive
furnish with tools

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