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Byword vs Bywork - What's the difference?

byword | bywork |

As nouns the difference between byword and bywork

is that byword is a proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase while bywork is work done in addition to one's normal duties; subordinate or secondary business; work done on the side.

byword

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase.
  • A characteristic word or expression; a word or phrase associated with a person or group.
  • Someone or something that stands (metonymically) for something else, by having some of that something's characteristic traits.
  • An object of notoriety or contempt, scorn or derision.
  • * 1890 , (Oscar Wilde), The Picture of Dorian Gray , chapter XII:
    • "I know you and Harry are inseparable. Surely for that reason, if for none other, you should not have made his sister's name a by-word ."
  • A nickname or epithet.

    • bywork

    English

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Work done in addition to one's normal duties; subordinate or secondary business; work done on the side.