Question vs Job - What's the difference?
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A sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response; an interrogative.
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, title= A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.
A doubt or challenge about the truth or accuracy of a matter.
* Bible, John iii. 25
* Francis Bacon
A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.
interrogation by torture
* Macaulay
(obsolete) Talk; conversation; speech.
To ask questions of; interrogate; enquire; ask for information.
* Francis Bacon
To raise doubts about; have doubts about.
(obsolete) To argue; to converse; to dispute.
* Shakespeare
A task.
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An economic role for which a person is paid.
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, title= (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).
To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
* Moore
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.
To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
* Alexander Pope
To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.
To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.
To hire or let in periods of service.
Question is a related term of job.
As a noun question
is a sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response; an interrogative.As a verb question
is to ask questions of; interrogate; enquire; ask for information.As a proper noun job is
job.question
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(wikipedia question)Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions' during my yarn, but every ' question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.}}
- The story is true beyond question .
- He obeyed without question .
- There arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
- It is to be to question , whether it be lawful for Christian princes to make an invasive war simply for the propagation of the faith.
- The Scottish privy council had power to put state prisoners to the question .
- Made she no verbal question ? Shakespeare King Lear ca. 1606
Synonyms
* inquiry, enquiry, query, subject, topic, problem, issue, consideration, interrogation, doubt, motion, proposition, proposalDerived terms
* a question of * begging the question * beyond question * bonus question * call into question * chicken-or-egg question * closed-ended question * cross-question * essay question * federal question * in question * indirect question * frequently asked questions/FAQ * leading question * loaded question * multiple-choice question * no questions asked * open question * open-ended question * out of the question * pop the question * previous question * questionable * questionist * questionless * questionnaire * question mark * question-master * question sheet * question time * reverse question * rhetorical question * scaled question * tag question * toss-up question * West Lothian question * yes-no questionVerb
- He that questioneth much shall learn much.
- I pray you, think you question with the Jew.
Synonyms
* (l)Derived terms
* questionerSee also
* answer * ask * interrogativeReferences
*Statistics
* 1000 English basic words ----job
English
Noun
(en noun)- ''And it's my job to take care of the skanks on the road that you bang.
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.}}
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 jobVerb
(jobb)- Authors of all work, to job for the season.
- We wanted to sell a turnkey plant, but they jobbed out the contract to small firms.
- And judges job , and bishops bite the town.
- (Moxon)
- to job a carriage
- (Thackeray)