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sweat vs toil

toil vs sweat

sweat and toil both are nouns.

sweat and toil both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sweat Yes No Yes No
toil Yes No Yes No
As nouns, toil is a hypernym of sweat; that is, toil is a word with a broader meaning than sweat:
  • sweat: use of physical or mental energy; hard work
  • toil: productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
Other hypernyms of sweat include labor, labour.
sweat (noun) toil (noun)
use of physical or mental energy; hard work productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
salty fluid secreted by sweat glands
condensation of moisture on a cold surface
agitation resulting from active worry
sweat (verb) toil (verb)
excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin work hard
Difference between sweat and toil

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