The difference between hardware, hardware tools, and hardware accessories

People often don’t understand the difference between hardware, hardware tools, and hardware accessories, and often think that they are the same thing. In fact, there are differences between these three.
Hardware refers to various metal devices made by forging, rolling, cutting, and other physical processing of metals such as iron, steel, and aluminum.
Hardware includes hardware tools and hardware accessories.
The scope of hardware is the most extensive, including hardware tools, hardware components, daily hardware, building hardware, etc.
Hardware tools refer to some manual tools, electric tools, pneumatic tools, etc., such as various wrenches, pliers, drills, tape measures, screwdrivers, etc.
According to the purpose of the product, it can be divided into several categories: tool hardware, construction hardware, daily hardware, lock and grinding tools, kitchen and bathroom hardware, home hardware, and hardware components.
Hardware accessories refer to machine parts or components made of hardware, as well as some small hardware products. It can be used alone or as an auxiliary tool. For example, hardware tools, hardware components, daily hardware, building hardware, and security supplies. Most hardware products are not final consumer goods. But rather as supporting products for industrial manufacturing, semi-finished products, and tools used in the production process. Only a small portion of daily hardware products (accessories) are essential tools for people’s daily lives.