job vs thing

job

noun
  • A sex act. 

  • A thing or whatsit (often used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall). 

  • A public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private gain; a corrupt official business. 

  • An economic role for which a person is paid. 

  • The police as a profession, act of policing, or an individual police officer. 

  • A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer). 

  • A task. 

  • A sudden thrust or stab; a jab. 

  • Plastic surgery. 

  • Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately. 

verb
  • To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors. 

  • To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in. 

  • To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage. 

  • To strike or stab with a pointed instrument. 

  • To thrust in, as a pointed instrument. 

  • To work as a jobber. 

  • To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire. 

  • To take the loss. 

  • To hire or let in periods of service. 

thing

noun
  • A penis. 

  • A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country. 

  • A unit or container, usually containing edible goods. 

  • A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor. 

  • Corporeal object. 

  • That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept. 

  • A romantic relationship. 

  • Alternate form of ting. 

  • One's typical routine, habits, or manner. (Used in possessive constructions.) 

  • Used after a noun to refer dismissively to the situation surrounding the noun's referent. 

  • A genuine concept, entity or phenomenon; something that actually exists (often contrary to expectation or belief). 

  • An individual object or distinct entity. 

  • That which is favoured; personal preference. (Used in possessive constructions.) 

  • A living being or creature. 

  • Whatever can be owned. 

  • Girl; attractive woman. 

  • Clothes, possessions or equipment. 

  • That which matters; the crux. 

  • A romantic couple. 

  • A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity. 

verb
  • To express as a thing; to reify. 

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