labor vs elbow grease

elbow grease vs labor

labor and elbow grease both are nouns.

labor is a verb but elbow grease is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
labor	Yes	No	Yes	No
elbow grease	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, elbow grease is a hyponym of labor; that is, elbow grease is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than labor:

labor: productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
elbow grease: use of physical or mental energy; hard work

Other hyponyms of labor include roping, corvee, donkeywork, drudgery, grind, plodding, effort, exertion, sweat, travail, hunt, hunting, hackwork, haymaking, manual labor, manual labour, overwork, overworking, slavery.

labor (noun)	elbow grease (noun)
productive work (especially physical work done for wages)	use of physical or mental energy; hard work
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child

labor (verb)	elbow grease (verb)
undergo the efforts of childbirth
work hard
strive and make an effort to reach a goal

Difference between labor and elbow grease

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