armature vs tool

armature

noun
  • The moving part in an electromechanical device like a loudspeaker or a buzzer. 

  • A supporting framework in a sculpture. 

  • The rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo, which mostly consists of coils of wire around a metal core. 

  • A protective organ, structure, or covering of an animal or plant, for defense or offense, like claws, teeth, thorns, or the shell of a turtle. 

  • The frame of a pair of glasses. 

  • A kinematic chain (a system of bones or rigid bodies connected by joints) that is used to pose and deform models, often character models. 

  • A piece of soft steel or iron that connects the poles of a magnet, to preserve its strength by forming a circuit. 

  • Armor, or a suit of armor. 

  • Any apparatus for defence. 

verb
  • To provide with an armature (any sense). 

tool

noun
  • A mechanical device intended to make a task easier. 

  • A penis, notably with a sexual or erotic connotation. 

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

  • Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means. 

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

  • A gun. 

  • A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations. 

  • An obnoxious or uptight person. 

verb
  • To equip with tools. 

  • To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather. 

  • To work very hard. 

  • To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds. 

  • To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive. 

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

How often have the words armature and tool occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )