put to work vs work out

put to work and work out both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
put to work	No	No	Yes	No
work out	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, work out is a hyponym of put to work; that is, work out is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than put to work:

Other hyponyms of put to work include exercise, work, computerise, computerize, cybernate, rack, exploit, overwork.

put to work (verb)	work out (verb)
cause to work	do physical exercise
	give a workout to
	come up with
	work out in detail
	find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
	make a mathematical calculation or computation
	be calculated
	happen in a certain way, leading to, producing, or resulting in a certain outcome, often well