different between tool vs motor

English

Etymology

From Middle English tool, tol, from Old English t?l (“tool, implement, instrument”, literally “that with which one prepares something”), from Proto-Germanic *t?l? (“tool”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewh?- (“to tie to, secure”), equivalent to taw (“to prepare”) +? -le (agent suffix). Cognate with Scots tuil (“tool, implement, instrument, device”), Icelandic tól (“tool”), Faroese tól (“tool, instrument”). Related to Old English t?wian (“to make, prepare, or cultivate”); see taw, and tow ("fibres used for spinning").

Pronunciation

• enPR: to?ol, IPA^(key): /tu?l/
• Rhymes: -u?l
• Homophone: tulle

Noun

tool (plural tools)

2. A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.

3. Any piece of equipment used in a profession, e.g. a craftman's tools.

4. Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
5. (computing) A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.

6. A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group.

7. (vulgar, slang) A penis, notably with a sexual or erotic connotation.
8. (by extension, vulgar, slang, derogatory) An obnoxious or uptight person.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:penis
• See also Thesaurus:tool

Derived terms

Translations

References

• tool on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

tool (third-person singular simple present tools, present participle tooling, simple past and past participle tooled)

1. (transitive) To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
2. (transitive) To equip with tools.
3. (intransitive) To work very hard.
   • 1965, Matt Fichtenbaum and Dan Murphy, “The Institute Screw” in The Broadside of Boston, vol. III, No. 22:

     Do this lab and read this book, now tool, one and all,
     And be sure and pass that final quiz or be screwed right to the wall.

4. (transitive, slang) To put down another person (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to use him or her to meet a goal.

   Dude, he's not your friend. He's just tooling you.

5. (transitive, volleyball) To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.
6. (transitive, Britain, slang, dated) To drive (a coach or other vehicle).
7. (transitive, Britain, slang, dated) To carry or convey in a coach or other vehicle.
   • 1850s, Cuthbert M. Bede, The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green

     Among those who seemed disposed to join in this opinion was the Jehu of the Warwickshire coach, who expressed his conviction to our hero, that "he wos a young gent as had much himproved hisself since he tooled him up to the Warsity with his guvnor."

8. (intransitive, slang) To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.
   • March 8, 1890, Byron P. Stephenson, "My Trip to Brazil", in Illustrated American

     boys on their bicycles tooling along the well-kept roads

   • 2011, Ben Aaronovitch, Rivers of London, Gollancz 2011, page 324:

     These are the guys that tool around in Mercedes Sprinter vans with equipment lockers stuffed with everything from riot helmets to tasers.

Synonyms

• (volleyball): use

Derived terms

• tool around

Translations

References

Anagrams

• LOTO, OOTL, loot, loto

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English tool

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu?l/
• Hyphenation: tool
• Rhymes: -u?l

Noun

tool m (plural tools, diminutive tooltje n)

1. A tool, aid, instrument, auxiliary device.

   Synonym: hulpmiddel

Related terms

• toolbox

Estonian

Etymology

From Middle Low German stôl, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *st?laz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?to?l?/
• IPA^(key): /?to?l/
• Hyphenation: tool

Noun

tool (genitive tooli, partitive tooli)

1. chair
   1. A seat with four legs and a backrest for one person.
      • 1968, Peet Vallak, Tuuled ümber maja: Novellivalimik, page 200:

        Siis läks kogu ta vallasvara oksjonile ning mõni siiasiginenud tool, laud, voodi, kapp ja sööginõud olid nüüd seaduslikult naise-ema omad.

        Then all his personal property was put up for auction and any chair, table, bed, or dishes he had taken possession now belonged legitimately to his mother-in-law.

Declension

Derived terms

References

• tool” in Sõnaveeb

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English t?l, from Proto-Germanic *t?l?.

Alternative forms

• tole, tol, toole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /to?l/

Noun

tool (plural toles or tolen)

2. A tool, implement, or instrument.
3. A instrument of war; an armament.
4. (rare) A device used for torturing or interrogration.
5. (rare, vulgar) A penis.

Descendants

• English: tool
• Scots: tuil

References

• “t??l, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-03.

Etymology 2

Noun

tool

2. Alternative form of toll.

English

Etymology

From Latin m?t? (“I set in motion”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mo?t?/
• Hyphenation: mo?tor
• Rhymes: -??t?(?)

Noun

motor (plural motors)

1. A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
2. (colloquial) A motor car, or automobile.
3. (figuratively) A source of power for something; an inspiration; a driving force.
4. Any protein capable of converting chemical energy into mechanical work.
5. (Christianity, archaic, poetic) The controller or prime mover of the universe; God.
6. (prison slang) The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".

   Synonym: kicker

Alternative forms

• motour (obsolete)

Synonyms

• engine

Derived terms

Related terms

• motoric

Descendants

• ? Persian: ????? (môtar)
• ? Japanese: ???? (m?t?)
• ? Burmese: ???????? (mautau)

Translations

Adjective

motor (not comparable)

1. (biology) Relating to the ability to move.

2. Relating to motor cars.

3. (nautical) Propelled by an internal combustion engine (as opposed to a steam engine or turbine).

Derived terms

• motor unit
• psychomotor
• sensorimotor
• supramotor

Translations

Verb

motor (third-person singular simple present motors, present participle motoring, simple past and past participle motored)

1. (dated) To make a journey by motor vehicle; to drive.

   On Saturday we motored down to Plymouth.

2. (transitive, aviation) To rotate a jet engine or turboprop using the engine's starter, without introducing fuel into the engine.

3. (informal) To move at a brisk pace.

   Sales were slow at first, but now things are really motoring.

4. (slang) To leave.

Translations

References

• Motor Neurons at Motor Units on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• motor at OneLook Dictionary Search
• motor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• morto

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from English motor, compare motor car, from Latin m?tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m???.t?r/

Noun

motor (plural motors, diminutive motortjie)

1. car, automobile
2. engine, motor

Derived terms

• motorfiets
• vragmotor
• veteraanmotor

References

Asturian

Noun

motor m (plural motores)

1. engine, motor (mechanical device)

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin motor.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /mo?to/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /mu?tor/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /mo?to?/
• Rhymes: -o?

Adjective

motor (feminine motora, masculine plural motors, feminine plural motores) or motor (feminine motriu, masculine plural motors, feminine plural motrius)

1. motor

Noun

motor m (plural motors)

1. motor

Derived terms

• motorista

Further reading

• “motor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “motor” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “motor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “motor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mo?tor

Etymology 1

From English motor, from Latin moto.

Noun

motor

1. a motor; an engine

Etymology 2

Short for motorcycle.

Noun

motor

1. a motorcycle

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:motor.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?motor/
• Rhymes: -otor

Noun

motor m inan

1. engine, motor

Declension

Derived terms

• motokára
• motorka
• motorový
• motorista
• motoristický
• motorismus
• motorizovat
• motorizace

Related terms

• See motiv

Further reading

• motor in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• motor in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo?t?r/, [?mo?t??]

Noun

motor c (singular definite motoren, plural indefinite motorer)

1. motor, engine

Inflection

Derived terms

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English motor, from Latin motor. In the sense “motorbike” motor was originally short for motorrijwiel or motorfiets.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mo?t?r/, /?mo?t?r/
• Rhymes: -o?t?r, -o?t?r
• Hyphenation: mo?tor

Noun

motor m (plural motoren or motors, diminutive motortje n)

1. engine (mechanical device)
2. motorbike

   Synonyms: motorfiets, motorrijwiel

Derived terms

• benzinemotor
• buitenboordmotor
• crossmotor
• dieselmotor
• elektromotor
• hulpmotor
• middenmotor
• motoragent
• motorbende
• motorbrigade
• motorclub
• motorcoureur
• motorengel
• motorfiets
• motormuis
• motorrijder
• motorrijwiel
• motorvoertuig
• politiemotor
• straalmotor
• stuntmotor

Related terms

• motoriek
• motoriseren

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: motor

Hungarian

Etymology

From English motor or German Motor, from Latin m?tor, m?t? (“I set in motion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?motor]
• Hyphenation: mo?tor
• Rhymes: -or

Noun

motor (plural motorok)

1. engine, motor (a machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion; the part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion)
2. (figuratively) powerhouse (any source of power, energy or strength)
3. motorbike, motorcycle (an open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels)

   Synonyms: motorbicikli, motorkerékpár

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• motor in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch motor, from English motor, from Latin motor. In the sense “motorbike” or "motorcycle", motor was originally short for motorrijwiel or motorfiets.

Noun

motor (first-person possessive motorku, second-person possessive motormu, third-person possessive motornya)

1. engine

   Synonyms: enjin, mesin

2. (informal) motorcycle

   Synonyms: honda, sepeda motor

3. (figuratively) important person in organization.

Further reading

• “motor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo?tor/

Noun

motor (plural motores)

1. motor

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?mo?.tor/, [?mo?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?mo.tor/, [?m??t??r]

Noun

m?tor m (genitive m?t?ris); third declension

1. mover; that which moves something

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Verb

m?tor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of m?t?

References

• motor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• motor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

motor m (definite singular motoren, indefinite plural motorer, definite plural motorene)

1. engine, motor

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

motor m (definite singular motoren, indefinite plural motorar, definite plural motorane)

1. engine, motor

Derived terms

Polish

Etymology

From Latin m?tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.t?r/

Noun

motor m inan (diminutive motorek)

1. (colloquial) motorcycle

   Synonym: motocykl

2. engine

   Synonym: silnik

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) motorowy

Further reading

• motor in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• motor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From French moteur, from Latin motor.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.?to?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mo.?to?/

Adjective

motor m (feminine singular motora, masculine plural motores, feminine plural motoras, comparable)

1. motive

Noun

motor m (plural motores)

1. motor
2. engine

Romanian

Etymology

From French moteur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo?tor/

Noun

motor n (plural motoare)

1. engine

Declension

Related terms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin motor.

Noun

mòt?r m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. engine, motor
2. (colloquial) motorcycle

Declension

Derived terms

• mòt?rn?

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mó?t?r/

Noun

m??tor m inan

1. engine

Inflection

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin motor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo?to?/, [mo?t?o?]

Adjective

motor (feminine motora, masculine plural motores, feminine plural motoras)

1. moving

Derived terms

• automotor
• oculomotor

Noun

motor m (plural motores)

1. motor (mechanical device)
2. (mechanics) engine
3. (figuratively) driving force, driver, mover
4. (figuratively) powerhouse
5. (computing) backend, back end

Hyponyms

• motor principal (“prime mover”)

Derived terms

• calentar motores
• de motor (“power-driven”)
• motorismo
• motorista

Further reading

• “motor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

motor c

1. engine, motor

Declension

Derived terms

Anagrams

• morot

Turkish

Etymology

• Ultimately from Latin m?tor m (“mover”), probably through English motor.

Noun

motor (definite accusative motoru, plural motorlar)

1. engine (mechanical device)

Declension

Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian motore

Noun

motor m (plural motori) or motor m (plural moturi)

1. motor, engine