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elbow grease vs toil

toil vs elbow grease

elbow grease and toil both are nouns.

elbow grease is not a verb while toil is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
elbow grease Yes No No No
toil Yes No Yes No
As nouns, toil is a hypernym of elbow grease; that is, toil is a word with a broader meaning than elbow grease:
  • elbow grease: use of physical or mental energy; hard work
  • toil: productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
Other hypernyms of elbow grease include labor, labour.
elbow grease (noun) toil (noun)
use of physical or mental energy; hard work productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
elbow grease (verb) toil (verb)
work hard
Difference between elbow grease and toil

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