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Trek vs Toil - What's the difference?

trek | toil |

As a proper noun trek

is .

As an adjective trek

is .

As a noun toil is

labour, work.

As a verb toil is

to labour; work.

trek

English

(wikipedia trek)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A slow or difficult journey.
  • We're planning on going on a trek up Kilimanjaro.
  • (South Africa) A journey by ox wagon.
  • (South Africa) The of 1835-1837.
  • Verb

    (trekk)
  • To make a slow or arduous journey.
  • To journey on foot, especially to hike through mountainous areas.
  • (South Africa) To travel by ox wagon.
  • toil

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • labour, work
  • * 1908:
  • ...he set to work again and made the snow fly in all directions around him. After some further toil his efforts were rewarded, and a very shabby door-mat lay exposed to view.
  • trouble, strife
  • A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; usually in the plural.
  • * Denham
  • As a Numidian lion, when first caught, / Endures the toil that holds him.
  • * Dryden
  • Then toils for beasts, and lime for birds, were found.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To labour; work.
  • To struggle.
  • To work (something); often with out .
  • * Holland
  • places well toiled and husbanded
  • * Milton
  • [I] toiled out my uncouth passage.
  • To weary through excessive labour.
  • * Shakespeare
  • toiled with works of war

    Synonyms

    * , (l)

    See also

    * toil and moil

    Anagrams

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