Work vs Hard - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between work and hard

is that work is employment while hard is stove, heater; an enclosed space in which fuel (usually wood) is burned to provide heating, usually for cooking.

As a verb work

is to do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.

work

English

(wikipedia work)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) worc, weorc, . English cognates include bulwark, energy, erg, georgic, liturgy, metallurgy, organ, surgeon, wright.

Noun

Employment.

#Labour, occupation, job.

#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

#*:Come on, Nerissa; I have work in hand / That you yet know not of.

#*Bible, 2 (w) xxxi. 21

#*:In every work that he beganhe did it with all his heart, and prospered.

#*, chapter=15

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells.}}

#The place where one is employed.

Effort.

#Effort expended on a particular task.

##Sustained human effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.

##:

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

#*{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Lee S. Langston, magazine=(American Scientist)

, title= The Adaptable Gas Turbine , passage=Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo , meaning "vortex", and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work .}}

#(lb) A nonthermal First Law energy in transit between one form or repository and another. Also, a means of accomplishing such transit. See http://arxiv.org/pdf/physics/0004055.

Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.

*:The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.

(lb) Product; the result of effort.

# The result of a particular manner of production.

# Something produced using the specified material or tool.

#(lb) A literary, artistic, or intellectual production.

#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

#*:to leave no rubs or blotches in the work

#*(John Milton) (1608-1674)

#*:The work some praise, / And some the architect.

#*:“[…] We are engaged in a great work , a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic?”

#(lb) A fortification.

The staging of events to appear as real.

(lb) Ore before it is dressed.

:(Raymond)

Synonyms

* (employment) See also * (productive activity) See also

Derived terms

* artwork * at work * body of work * bodywork * breastwork * bridgework * busy work * casework * clockwork * derivative work * dirty work * dreamwork * earthwork * field work, fieldwork * finger work * firework * fretwork * groundwork * guesswork * hard work * handiwork * homework * housework * ironwork * leg work, legwork * lifework * masterwork * needlework * openwork * overwork * paintwork * paperwork * patchwork * piece of work * piecework * public works * reference work * road work, roadwork * schoolwork * shift work, shiftwork * spadework * teamwork * waterworks * waxwork * wickerwork * woodwork * work ethic * work of art * worklist * workly * workout * workplace * workroom * workshop * workstation * workstead * workup

References

Etymology 2

From (etyl) .

Verb

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

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

I work''' in a national park; she '''works''' in the human resources department; he mostly '''works in logging, but sometimes works in carpentry

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

#* , chapter=17

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything.}}

I work as a cleaner.

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

she works''' for Microsoft; he '''works for the president

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

I work''' closely with my Canadian counterparts; you '''work''' with computers; she '''works with the homeless people from the suburbs

To effect by gradual degrees.

he worked''' his way through the crowd; the dye '''worked''' its way through; using some tweezers, she '''worked the bee sting out of her hand

* Addison

So the pure, limpid stream, when foul with stains / Of rushing torrents and descending rains, / Works itself clear, and as it runs, refines, / Till by degrees the floating mirror shines.

To embroider with thread.

To set into action.

To cause to ferment.

To ferment.

* Francis Bacon

the working of beer when the barm is put in

To exhaust, by working.

To shape, form, or improve a material.

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

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

To provoke or excite; to influence.

To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.

To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.

To cause to work.

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

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)

, volume=189, issue=2, page=48, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= The tao of tech , passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about

(figuratively) To influence.

To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.

To move in an agitated manner.

A ship works in a heavy sea.

* Addison

confused with working sands and rolling waves

To behave in a certain way when handled;

(transitive, with two objects, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something).

* {{quote-book, passage=So sad it seemed, and its cheek-bones gleamed, and its fingers flicked the shore; / And it lapped and lay in a weary way, and its hands met to implore; / That I gently said: “Poor, restless dead, I would never work you woe; / Though the wrong you rue you can ne’er undo, I forgave you long ago.”

, author=Robert W. Service , title=(Ballads of a Cheechako), chapter=(The Ballad of One-Eyed Mike), year=1909}}

(obsolete) To hurt; to ache.

* 1485 , Sir (Thomas Malory), ''(w, Le Morte d'Arthur), Book XXI:

‘I wolde hit were so,’ seyde the Kynge, ‘but I may nat stonde, my hede worchys so—’

Derived terms

* work at * work off * work on * work out * work over * work up * rework * worker * working * work it * work like a beaver * work like a charm * work like a dog * work like a horse * work like a Trojan * work the crowd * work the room * work to rule * work wonders

Statistics

* 1000 English basic words 200 English basic words English irregular verbs English terms with multiple etymologies

hard

English

Adjective

(er)

(label) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.

# Resistant to pressure.

# (label) Strong.

# (label) High in dissolved calcium compounds.

# Having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare soft).

(label) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.

# Requiring a lot of effort to do or understand.

#* 1988 , An Oracle , Edmund White

Ray found it hard to imagine having accumulated so many mannerisms before the dawn of sex, of the sexual need to please, of the staginess sex encourages or the tightly capped wells of poisoned sexual desire the disappointed must stand guard over.

#*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author= Nick Miroff

, volume=189, issue=7, page=32, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […] , passage=The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard -to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile.}}

# Demanding a lot of effort to endure.

# Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.

# (label) Difficult to resist or control; powerful.

#* (w, Roger L'Estrange) (1616-1704)

The stag was too hard for the horse.

#* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)

a power which will be always too hard for them

Unquestionable.

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 19, author=Kerry Brown, work=The Guardian

, title= Kim Jong-il obituary , passage=Unsurprisingly for a man who went into mourning for three years after the death in 1994 of his own father, the legendary leader Kim Il-sung, and who in the first 30 years of his political career made no public statements, even to his own people, Kim's career is riddled with claims, counter claims, speculation, and contradiction. There are few hard facts about his birth and early years. }}

(label) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.

Sexually aroused.

(label) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.

(label)

# Plosive.

# Unvoiced

Hard' ''k'', ''t'', ''s'', ''ch'', as distinguished from '''soft , ''g'', ''d'', ''z'', ''j

(label) Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment.

# Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.

# Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in colour or shading.

(label) In the form of a hard copy.

We need both a digital archive and a hard archive.

Synonyms

* (resistant to pressure ): resistant, solid, stony * (requiring a lot of effort to do or understand ): confusing, difficult, puzzling, tough, tricky * (requiring a lot of effort to endure ): difficult, intolerable, tough, unbearable * (severe ): harsh, hostile, severe, strict, tough, unfriendly * (unquestionable ): incontrovertible, indubitable, unambiguous, unequivocal, unquestionable * (of drink ): strong * See also

Antonyms

* (resistant to pressure ): soft * (requiring a lot of effort to do or understand ): easy, simple, straightforward, trite * (requiring a lot of effort to endure ): bearable, easy * (severe ): agreeable, amiable, approachable, friendly, nice, pleasant * (unquestionable ): controvertible, doubtful, ambiguous, equivocal, questionable * (of drink ): ** (low in alcohol ): low-alcohol ** (non-alcoholic ): alcohol-free, soft, non-alcoholic * (of roads) soft * ("sexually aroused"): soft, flaccid

Derived terms

* between a rock and a hard place * die-hard * hard as nails * hard-ass * hardboard * hard-boiled * hard by * hard candy * hard case * hard cheese * hard-coded * hard copy * hardcore * hard disk/hard disc * hard done by * hard drink * hard-edged * harden * hard feelings * hard grass * hard hat * hard head * hard-hearted * hard-hitting * hard knocks * hard labor * hard light * hard-liner * hard lines * hard luck * hardness * hard news * hard-on * hard-pressed * hard radiation * hard sauce * hard science fiction * hard-shell * hard times * hard to come by * hard to please * hard up * hardware * hard water * hard-wire * hardwood * hard work * have it hard * play hard to get * (hard)

Adverb

(er)

(manner) With much force or effort.

He hit the puck hard up the ice.

They worked hard all week.

At the intersection, bear hard left.

The recession hit them especially hard .

Think hard about your choices.

* Dryden

prayed so hard for mercy from the prince

* Shakespeare

My father / Is hard at study; pray now, rest yourself.

(manner) With difficulty.

His degree was hard earned.

The vehicle moves hard .

(obsolete) So as to raise difficulties.

* Sir Thomas Browne

The question is hard set.

(manner) Compactly.

The lake had finally frozen hard .

Near, close.

* Bible, Acts xviii. 7

whose house joined hard to the synagogue

* 1999 , (George RR Martin), A Clash of Kings , Bantam 2011, p. 418:

It was another long day's march before they glimpsed the towers of Harrenhal in the distance, hard beside the blue waters of the lake.

Noun

(en noun)

(nautical) A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water

Statistics

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