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Masanori Takaoka Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

means vs tool

a means of communication
a means for communication
a tool of communication
a tool for communication

Could you show me some examples about how to use them differently?
  

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A tool is one kind of means. As a general term, 'means' will serve for any tool, I suppose.

— Mister Micawber

  • A tool is one kind of means.
  • As a general term, 'means' will serve for any tool, I suppose.
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A tool is one kind of means. As a general term, 'means' will serve for any tool, I suppose.
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Masanori Takaoka a means of communicationa means for communicationa tool of communicationa tool for communicationCould you show me some examples about how to use them differently?
Personally, I use "means of" and "tool for". According to Google's Ngrams, these are the collocations which are currently most used. Ngrams also reveal that "means of
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I would say that a Japanese-English dictionary could be a tool for communication but not a means of communication.
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