Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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work | Yes | No | Yes | No |
action | Yes | No | Yes | No |
work (noun) | action (noun) |
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activity directed toward making or doing something | the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field |
the occupation for which you are paid | a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong |
a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing | something done (usually as opposed to something said) |
a place where work is done | a military engagement |
the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it) | an act by a government body or supranational organization |
applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading) | the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism |
(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 | In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges). |
the trait of being active and energetic and forceful | |
the series of events that form a plot | |
a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) | |
the state of being active |
work (verb) | action (verb) |
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give a workout to | put in effect |
arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion | institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against |
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 |