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Works vs Opus - What's the difference?

works | opus |

As nouns the difference between works and opus

is that works is plural of lang=en while opus is a work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published works.

As a verb works

is third-person singular of work.

works

English

(wikipedia works)

Noun

(head)
  • .
  • (plurale tantum) A mechanism or machine; the means by which something happens.
  • (plurale tantum) A factory or factories, or similar collection(s) of buildings.
  • *, chapter=22
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.}}
  • Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.
  • Drastic treatment; abuse; the axe (dismissal).
  • (plurale tantum) Acts associated with moral or religious standing.

    • Derived terms

    * brassworks * bronzeworks * clayworks * copperworks * freezing works * good works * ironworks * metalworks * skunkworks * steelworks * waterworks

    Verb

    (head)
  • (work)

    • See also

    * in the works * the whole nine yards * the whole shebang

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    opus

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published works.
    • Beethoven's ''opus'' eighteen quartets are considered by many to be the beginning of the Romantic era.
  • A work, especially of art.
    • The painter's last opus was a dedication to all things living, in a surprising contrast to all of his prior work.

    Usage notes

    The most common plural of opus'' in English is ''opuses''. Some people use the Latin plural, ''opera''. ''Opi'' is fairly common in the field of classical music, though mostly in informal contexts. The use of any of these three pluralizations may result in the speaker being corrected, though ''opi'' above all should be avoided in formal contexts. Outside of music, the word ''opus'' sees particularly frequent use in the expression ''magnum opus .

    Anagrams

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