sweat vs work

sweat

verb
  • To work hard. 

  • To stress out. 

  • To cause to excrete moisture through skin. 

  • To emit sweat. 

  • To worry about (something). 

  • To cause to perspire. 

  • To have drops of water form on (something's surface) due to moisture condensation. 

  • To be extremely dedicated to winning a game; to play competitively. 

  • To extract money, labour, etc. from, by exaction or oppression. 

  • To emit moisture. 

  • To solder (a pipe joint) together. 

  • To take a racehorse for a short exercise run. 

  • To cook slowly at low heat, in shallow oil and without browning, to reduce moisture content. 

  • To worry. 

  • To emit, in the manner of sweat. 

  • To suffer a penalty; to smart for one's misdeeds. 

noun
  • The state of one who sweats; diaphoresis. 

  • Hard work; toil. 

  • A short run by a racehorse as a form of exercise. 

  • An extremely competitive player. 

  • The sweating sickness. 

  • Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation. 

  • A soldier (especially one who is old or experienced). 

  • Moisture issuing from any substance. 

work

verb
  • To exhaust, by working. 

  • To embroider with thread. 

  • To cause to ferment. 

  • To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for. 

  • To shape, form, or improve a material. 

  • Followed by with. General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients. 

  • To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence. 

  • To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage. 

  • Followed by as. Said of one's job title 

  • To behave in a certain way when handled 

  • Followed by in (or at, etc.) Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business). 

  • To ferment. 

  • To set into action. 

  • Followed by for. Said of a company or individual who employs. 

  • To use or manipulate to one’s advantage. 

  • To provoke or excite; to influence. 

  • To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality. 

  • To cause to work. 

  • To effect by gradual degrees; 

  • To influence. 

  • To move in an agitated manner. 

  • To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad). 

  • To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers. 

  • To effect by gradual degrees. 

  • To operate in or through; as, to work the phones. 

noun
  • The staging of events to appear as real. 

  • The result of a particular manner of production. 

  • Sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result. 

  • The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.) 

  • Ore before it is dressed. 

  • A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move. 

  • Something produced using the specified material or tool. 

  • One's employer. 

  • Something on which effort is expended. 

  • effort expended on a particular task. 

  • The place where one is employed. 

  • A fortification. 

  • A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process. 

  • A literary, artistic, or intellectual production. 

  • labour, occupation, job. 

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