acting vs working

acting

noun
  • Pretending. 

  • The occupation of an actor. 

  • Something done by a party — so called to avoid confusion with the legal senses of deed and action. 

adj
  • Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job. 

working

noun
  • Operation; action. 

  • Method of operation. 

  • Becoming full of a vegetable substance. 

  • The incidental or subsidiary calculations performed in solving an overall problem. 

  • A train movement. 

  • Fermentation. 

  • A place where work is carried on. 

adj
  • In paid employment. 

  • Enough to allow one to use something. 

  • Used in real life; practical. 

  • Of or relating to employment. 

  • That suffices but requires additional work. 

  • That is or are functioning. 

How often have the words acting and working occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )