Differential forms as a generalization of vector fields(Munkres)

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A vector field is a pointwise assignment of vectors(arrows).

Tensors are defined as $\mathbb{R}$-valued multilinear maps, and a tensor field is a pointwise assignment of tensors.

Also, a vector space $V$ is isomorphic to it's dual space $V^*$(thus, a vector can be realized as a linear operator too).

Is a tensor a generalization of a vector in the sense that a tensor is a multilinear map, and a vector can be seen as an operator(since V $\cong$ V*)? And thus, vector fields are just assignments of '1-tensors', and differential forms assignments of 'k-tensors'?