tool vs style

tool and style both are nouns.

tool and style both are verbs.

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

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

tool: an implement used in the practice of a vocation
style: a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving

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, rake, ram, rounder, saw set, shaping tool, strickle, stylus, tamp, tamper, tamping bar, tap, swage, upset, nut key, nut tool, shaving cutter, hone.

tool (noun)	style (noun)
the means whereby some act is accomplished	a slender bristlelike or tubular process
an implement used in the practice of a vocation	a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving
obscene terms for penis	how something is done or how it happens
a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else	distinctive and stylish elegance
	the popular taste at a given time
	a particular kind (as to appearance)
	a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
	editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display
	(botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma

tool (verb)	style (verb)
work with a tool	designate by an identifying term
ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it	make consistent with certain rules of style
drive	make consistent with a certain fashion or style
furnish with tools

Difference between tool and style

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