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Unwork vs Unworn - What's the difference?

unwork | unworn |

As a verb unwork

is to undo or destroy (work previously done).

As a noun unwork

is the lack or absence of work; worklessness.

As an adjective unworn is

not worn.

unwork

English

Etymology 1

Verb

(en verb)
  • To undo or destroy (work previously done).

    • Etymology 2

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The lack or absence of work; worklessness.
  • *1892 , John Greenleaf Wittier, The Prose of John Greenleaf Wittier :
    • That comfortable philosophy which modern transcendentalism has but dimlyshadowed forth — that poetic agrarianism, which gives all to each and each to all— is the real life of this city of unwork .
  • *1963 , Life - Jan 1963:
    • Collective bargaining has a crisis of "unwork'" — that is, work which Justice Douglas once called "unwanted . . . totally useless." So much "' unwork " clutters the table that collective bargaining is no longer able to do what it should: [...]

    unworn

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not worn