in the field vs working

in the field

prep
  • Actively engaged in fighting or dealing with the enemy; in battle or on maneuvers. 

  • Away from the office, classroom, or laboratory; working with people or things in their natural environment. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, field. 

  • In a real-world setting, as opposed to the controlled conditions of a laboratory or the hypothesized parameters of a theoretical approach. 

working

noun
  • Method of operation. 

  • Becoming full of a vegetable substance. 

  • Operation; action. 

  • 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 in the field and working occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )