work vs business

work and business both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
work	Yes	No	Yes	No
business	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, business is a hypernym of work; that is, business is a word with a broader meaning than work:

Other hypernyms of work include job, line, line of work, occupation.

work (noun)	business (noun)
activity directed toward making or doing something	the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
the occupation for which you are paid	the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing	the volume of commercial activity
a place where work is done	incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect
the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)	an immediate objective
applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)	a rightful concern or responsibility
(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	a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
	customers collectively
	business concerns collectively

work (verb)	business (verb)
give a workout to
arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
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