1. 软件：
顾名思义，软件只是一组数据或一组指令，专门设计用于执行明确定义的功能以及直接操作计算机并指导如何使用它们。
2. 工具：
工具，顾名思义，是一组计算机程序，用于开发人员创建和维护软件或应用程序并满足客户的需求或目标。
软件和工具的区别：
| Software | Tool |
|---|---|
| Software’s are computer programs or set of instructions. | Tool is a piece of software used to create or develop software or hardware. |
| It is used to transform input into output of useful information. | It is used to perform low-level operations. |
| Features of software includes usability, maintainability, functionality, portability, etc. | Features of software tool includes program analyzers, simulators, flow analyzer, etc. |
| Benefits of software includes increased productivity, simple to use, information sharing and collaboration, no wear out, etc. | Benefits of tools includes increase productivity, web development, make development simpler and easier, etc. |
| Examples of software includes Chrome, Firefox, MS Excel, Slack, MS Office, etc. | Examples of software tools include GitLab, Jira, Jenkins, Git, GitHub, Stack overflow, etc. |
| Type of software’s include business software, system software, real-time software, web-based software, etc. | Type of software tools includes language processing tools, testing tools, program analysis tools, documentation tools, etc. |
| Its main purpose is to enable user to interact with computer, its hardware and perform tasks. | Its main purpose is to create, debug, maintain, support programs and applications. |
| Factors that are needed to be considered while selecting software includes current bugs, bug fixing, program updates, software use, functionality, efficiency, scalability, etc. | Factors that are needed to be considered while selecting software tools includes company criteria, usefulness of tool, integration of one tool with another, etc. |