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Working vs Workings - What's the difference?

working | workings |

As nouns the difference between working and workings

is that working is operation; action while workings is plural of lang=en.

As a verb working

is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective working

is that is or are functioning.

working

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) werking, werkynge, warkynge, worchinge, from (etyl) . Cognate with (etyl) wirking, warking, (etyl) werking, (etyl) Wirkung.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (usually plural) Operation; action.
  • Method of operation.
  • Fermentation.
  • (of bodies of water) Becoming full of a vegetable substance.

    • Etymology 2

    From .

    Verb

    (head)
    • Leave him alone; he's working .

    Adjective

    (-)
  • That is or are functioning.
    • a working ventilator
  • That suffices but requires additional work.
    • a working copy of the script
  • In paid employment.
    • working mothers
  • Of or relating to employment.
    • the working week
  • Enough to allow one to use something.
    • a working knowledge of computers
    Synonyms
    * (functioning''): functioning; up (''mainly used of computers ) * (that suffices but requires further work ): draft, provisional, temporary * (in paid employment ): employed, in employment * (of or relating to employment ): work * (enough to allow one to use something ): basic
    Antonyms
    * (functioning''): broken, broken-down, down (''mainly used of computers )

    Related terms

    * work

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    workings

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • .
  • (pluralonly) The internal mechanism of some device or system.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=70, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Engineers of a different kind , passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.}}
  • (pluralonly) The parts of a quarry or mine that are being (or has been) worked.