Work vs Twerk - What's the difference?

work | twerk |

As nouns the difference between work and twerk

is that work is Employment.twerk is a puny or insignificant person, generally male; a twerp.

As verbs the difference between work and twerk

is that work is to do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers while twerk is to twitch or jerk.

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

twerk

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)

(slang, dated, US) A puny or insignificant person, generally male; a twerp.

*1930 , , The Big Barn , page 207:

*:"'...but when they load a pack onto you, what'll you do? A little twerk like you?'"

*1932 , Forum and Century vol. 87 [http://books.google.com/books?ei=fz75RqyPOoWcpgKW19m0Dw]:

*:"But even then the poor twerk' s whiskers and little eyes looked kind of wistful as if the clothes had got him and was taking him somewhere..."

*2003 , Bernard Kamoroff, Small Time Operator [http://books.google.com/books?id=9qlizjnOrVcC], ISBN 0917510186, page 19,

*:You don't need those twerks who walk in off the street.

Usage notes

Found primarily in the 1930s-era works of .

Etymology 2

(Twerking) .

Noun

(en noun)

A fitful movement similar to a twitch or jerk.

*1898 , William Brigham, "Director's Report" in Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Museum vol. 1 no. 1, page 42:

*:"Not so the Freycineti, who looked me over critically, elevated his head crest, and giving his tail an odd little twerk , proceeded to hop deliberately up the limb like a sap-sucker..."

*1920 , Lilian C. McNamara Garis, The Girl Scouts at Sea Crest: Or, The Wig Wag Rescue [http://books.google.com/books?id=ulYCAAAAYAAJ], page 86,

*:"I hardly realize it yet that you are my really truly coz," and she gave the girl's long, brown braids a familiar twerk .

*1950 , Robert S. Close, Love Me Sailor [http://books.google.com/books?id=ySdBAAAAIAAJ], page 86,

*:With a quick twerk at her shift, the girl lifted it to her rounded belly, and squatted nakedly on his lap.

Verb

(en verb)

To twitch or jerk.

*1985 , Criena Rohan, Down by the Docks [http://books.google.com/books?id=ausNAAAAIAAJ], page 151,

*: in the language of the unsophisticated Port Melbourne suburbanite a bed was still something primarily intended for love-making – all the eyebrow-raising and moustache-twerking in Jo'burg couldn't alter that.

*2005 , Florence Hall Abssi, The Call [http://books.google.com/books?id=OyAkYG9lwD4C], page 613:

*:"He twerked an eyebrow at his wife."

To move the body in a sexually suggestive twisting or gyrating fashion.

*2005 , Euftis Emery, Off the Chain [http://books.google.com/books?id=Ib1vEpY4TpwC], ISBN 1411630475, page 73,

Gaea then stood up over me and turned so that her butt was facing me. She then had the nerve to start twerking .

*2006 , Lawrence Christopher, Ghettoway Weekend [http://books.google.com/books?id=gOPfQEdpxkwC], ISBN 0971227845, page 96,

*:"Shortie'' really knows how to ''twerk it don't she?" Marcus boasted, while still recording.

* 2006 , :

Let me see what ya twerkin with

To dance in a sexually suggestive manner, often involving rapid movement.

*2013', Nichole Smith, ABC News, ''High School Students Suspended for '''''Twerking'' [http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/05/high-school-students-suspended-for-twerking/]

Twerking, as it is known in the hip-hop community, is a hard-hitting, rump-shaking dance move that celebrities including Beyonce and Miley Cyrus have been known to bust out, but it has also gotten a group of San Diego high school students suspended.

Usage notes

In “sexually suggestive movements, especially dance”, particularly popularized since c. 2000 by US hip-hop.

Derived terms

* twerker

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeia, possibly coined by .

Noun

(en noun)

An abrupt call, such as made by the California Quail.

*{{quote-book, year=1961, author=Roger Tory Peterson, title=A Field Guide to Western Birds citation

passage=Note of male on territory, a loud kurr or twerk .}}