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Influence vs Job - What's the difference?

influence | job |

As a verb influence

is .

As an adjective influence

is influenced.

As a proper noun job is

job.

influence

Noun

  • The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author=(Leo Hickman)
  • , volume=189, issue=7, page=26, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= How algorithms rule the world , passage=The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use.}}
  • An action exerted by a person or thing with such power on another to cause change.
  • A person or thing exerting such power or action.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Katrina G. Claw
  • , title= Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm , volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.}}
  • (astrology) An element believed to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by the position of the stars and planets at the time of one's birth.
  • (obsolete) The action of flowing in; influx.
  • * Hooker
  • God hath his influence into the very essence of all things.
  • (electricity) Electrostatic induction.
  • Usage notes

    * Adjectives often applied to "influence": cultural, political, social, economic, military, personal, moral, intellectual, mental, good, bad, positive, negative, beneficial, harmful, huge, big, heavy, significant, important, potential, actual, primary.

    Verb

    (influenc)
  • To affect by gentle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce.
  • The politician wants to influence the public.
    I must admit that this book influenced my outlook on life.
  • To exert, make use of one's influence.
  • (obsolete) To cause to flow in or into; infuse; instill.
  • Derived terms

    * influenceable * influencer * influencive

    Statistics

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    job

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A task.
  • * 1996 , (Tom Cruise) in the movie (Jerry Maguire)
  • ''And it's my job to take care of the skanks on the road that you bang.
  • An economic role for which a person is paid.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist), author=Schumpeter
  • , title= Cronies and capitols , passage=Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.}}
  • (in noun compounds) Plastic surgery.
  • (computing) A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).
  • A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
  • 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.
  • Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.
  • A thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall).
  • Usage notes

    * Adjectives often applied to "job": easy, hard, poor, good, great, excellent, decent, low-paying, steady, stable, secure, challenging, demanding, rewarding, boring, thankless, stressful, horrible, lousy, satisfying, industrial, educational, academic.

    Derived terms

    * blow job * good job * job center * job queue * poor job

    Verb

    (jobb)
  • To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
  • * Moore
  • Authors of all work, to job for the season.
  • To work as a jobber.
  • To take the loss.
  • (trading) To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
  • (transitive, often, with out) To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.
  • We wanted to sell a turnkey plant, but they jobbed out the contract to small firms.
  • To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
  • * Alexander Pope
  • And judges job , and bishops bite the town.
  • To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.
  • (rfquotek, L'Estrange)
  • To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.
  • (Moxon)
  • To hire or let in periods of service.
  • to job a carriage
    (Thackeray)

    Derived terms

    * blowjob * bob-a-job * boob job * desk job * good job * handjob * jobber * jobless * job of work * job-seeker * jobsware * job title * joe job * nose job * paint job * toe job * rim job

    See also

    * employment * work * labour