tool vs rake

tool and rake both are nouns.

tool and rake both are verbs.

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

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

tool: an implement used in the practice of a vocation
rake: a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen 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, hack, hand tool, hoe, jack, Jaws of Life, neolith, paleolith, muller, pestle, pounder, plough, plow, power tool, punch, puncher, 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)	rake (noun)
the means whereby some act is accomplished	a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil
an implement used in the practice of a vocation	degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
obscene terms for penis	a dissolute man in fashionable society
a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else

tool (verb)	rake (verb)
work with a tool	gather with a rake
ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it	level or smooth with a rake
drive	scrape gently
furnish with tools	move through with or as if with a rake
	examine hastily
	sweep the length of

Difference between tool and rake

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