tool vs tamper

tool and tamper both are nouns.

tool and tamper both are verbs.

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

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

tool: an implement used in the practice of a vocation
tamper: a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)

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, style, stylus, tamp, tamping bar, tap, swage, upset, nut key, nut tool, shaving cutter, hone.

tool (noun)	tamper (noun)
the means whereby some act is accomplished	a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
an implement used in the practice of a vocation
obscene terms for penis
a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else

tool (verb)	tamper (verb)
work with a tool	play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it	intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly
drive
furnish with tools

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