idle vs working

idle

adj
  • Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular. 

  • Not being used appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no important, or not much activity. 

  • Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful. 

  • Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly. 

verb
  • To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume. 

  • Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over. 

  • To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business. 

noun
  • An idle game. 

  • The lowest selectable thrust or power setting of an engine. 

  • The state of idling, of being idle. 

  • An idle animation. 

working

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. 

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. 

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