Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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labor | Yes | No | Yes | No |
work | Yes | No | Yes | No |
labor (noun) | work (noun) |
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productive work (especially physical work done for wages) | activity directed toward making or doing something |
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted | the occupation for which you are paid |
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages | a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing |
an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement | a place where work is done |
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child | the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it) |
applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading) | |
(physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force |
labor (verb) | work (verb) |
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undergo the efforts of childbirth | give a workout to |
work hard | arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion |
strive and make an effort to reach a goal | go sour or spoil |
cause to undergo fermentation | |
find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of | |
use or manipulate to one's advantage | |
to mix into a homogeneous mass | |
perform as expected when applied | |
move into or onto | |
shape, form, or improve a material | |
cause to happen or to occur as a consequence | |
prepare for crops | |
make something, usually for a specific function | |
gratify and charm, usually in order to influence | |
proceed along a path | |
move in an agitated manner | |
provoke or excite | |
be employed | |
cause to work | |
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; work | |
have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected | |
operate in a certain place, area, or specialty | |
proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity | |
have and exert influence or effect | |
operate in or through | |
cause to operate or function | |
behave in a certain way when handled |