Career vs. Job

Careernoun

One's calling in life; a person's occupation; one's profession.

Careernoun

General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part of it.

Careernoun

(archaic) speed

Careernoun

A jouster's path during a joust.

Careernoun

(obsolete) A short gallop of a horse.

Careernoun

(falconry) The flight of a hawk.

Careernoun

(obsolete) A racecourse; the ground run over.

Careerverb

To move rapidly straight ahead, especially in an uncontrolled way.

Careernoun

A race course: the ground run over.

Careernoun

A running; full speed; a rapid course.

Careernoun

General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part or calling in life, or in some special undertaking; usually applied to course or conduct which is of a public character; as, Washington's career as a soldier.

Careernoun

The flight of a hawk.

Careerverb

To move or run rapidly.

Careernoun

the particular occupation for which you are trained

Careernoun

the general progression of your working or professional life;

Careerverb

move headlong at high speed;

Careernoun

an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress

Careernoun

the time spent by a person in a career

Careernoun

the progress through history of an institution, organization, etc.

Careernoun

working permanently in or committed to a particular profession

Careernoun

(of a woman) interested in pursuing a profession rather than devoting all her time to childcare and housekeeping

Careerverb

move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way

Career

The career is an individual's metaphorical through learning, work and other aspects of life. There are a number of ways to define career and the term is used in a variety of ways.

Jobnoun

A task.

Jobnoun

An economic role for which a person is paid.

Jobnoun

(in noun compounds) Plastic surgery.

Jobnoun

(computing) A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).

Jobnoun

A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.

Jobnoun

A public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private gain; a corrupt official business.

Jobnoun

Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.

Jobnoun

(colloquial) A thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall).

Jobverb

(intransitive) To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.

Jobverb

(intransitive) To work as a jobber.

Jobverb

To take the loss.

Jobverb

To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.

Jobverb

To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.

Jobverb

(intransitive) To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.

Jobverb

To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.

Jobverb

To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.

Jobverb

To hire or let in periods of service.

Jobnoun

A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.

Jobnoun

A piece of chance or occasional work; any definite work undertaken in gross for a fixed price; as, he did the job for a thousand dollars.

Jobnoun

A public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private gain; a corrupt official business.

Jobnoun

Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.

Jobnoun

A situation or opportunity of work; as, he lost his job.

Jobnoun

A task, or the execution of a task; as, Michelangelo did a great job on the David statue.

Jobnoun

A task or coordinated set of tasks for a multitasking computer, submitted for processing as a single unit, usually for execution in background. See job control language.

Jobnoun

The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the prototypical patient man.

Jobverb

To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.

Jobverb

To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.

Jobverb

To do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots; to sublet (work); as, to job a contract.

Jobverb

To buy and sell, as a broker; to purchase of importers or manufacturers for the purpose of selling to retailers; as, to job goods.

Jobverb

To hire or let by the job or for a period of service; as, to job a carriage.

Jobverb

To do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do petty work.

Jobverb

To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.

Jobverb

To carry on the business of a jobber in merchandise or stocks.

Jobnoun

the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money;

Jobnoun

a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee;

Jobnoun

the performance of a piece of work;

Jobnoun

the responsibility to do something;

Jobnoun

a workplace; as in the expression

Jobnoun

an object worked on; a result produced by working;

Jobnoun

a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved;

Jobnoun

a damaging piece of work;

Jobnoun

a crime (especially a robbery);

Jobnoun

a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him

Jobnoun

any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing

Jobnoun

(computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit

Jobnoun

a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply

Jobverb

profit privately from public office and official business

Jobverb

arranged for contracted work to be done by others

Jobverb

work occasionally;

Jobverb

invest at a risk;

Job

A job, employment, work or occupation, is a person's role in society. More specifically, a job is an activity, often regular and often performed in exchange for payment ().