THE  X  HIERARCHY
(very approximately)

widget A combination of an X window and its subwindows 
with a precise input/output semantics for interface to C 
and for user interaction. 
  The X Toolkit 
(libXt) 
A set of functions (Intrinsics) for building widgets and an architectural model for constructing widgets. It is a combination of tools that simplify the design of application user interfaces in the X Window System programming environment. It assists application programmers by providing a set of common underlying user-interface functions. It also lets widget programmers modify existing widgets, by subclassing, or add new widgets. By using the X Toolkit in their applications, programmers can present a similar user interface across applications to all workstation users.
 
The Athena widgets 

(libXaw) 
A widget set for application programming entirely based on The X toolkit
 Tk   a simple, easy, hierarchical, interactive/compiled graphical user interface based on the powerful Tcl (Tool command language) scripting language and on the (tk-extended) X Toolkit  
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