Energy vs. Work

Energynoun

The impetus behind all motion and all activity.

Energynoun

The capacity to do work.

Energynoun

(physics) A quantity that denotes the ability to do work and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance²/time² (ML²/T²) or the equivalent.

Energynoun

An intangible, modifiable force (often characterized as either 'positive' or 'negative') believed in some New Age religions to emanate from a person, place or thing and which is (or can be) preserved and transferred in human interactions; shared mood or group habit; a vibe, a feeling, an impression. aura.}}

Energynoun

A measure of how many actions a player or unit can take; in the fantasy genre often called magic points or mana.

Energynoun

Internal or inherent power; capacity of acting, operating, or producing an effect, whether exerted or not; as, men possessing energies may suffer them to lie inactive.

Energynoun

Power efficiently and forcibly exerted; vigorous or effectual operation; as, the energy of a magistrate.

Energynoun

Strength of expression; force of utterance; power to impress the mind and arouse the feelings; life; spirit; - said of speech, language, words, style; as, a style full of energy.

Energynoun

Capacity for performing work.

Energynoun

(physics) the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs;

Energynoun

an exertion of force;

Energynoun

enterprising or ambitious drive;

Energynoun

an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing);

Energynoun

a healthy capacity for vigorous activity;

Energynoun

the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977

Energy

In physics, energy is the quantitative property that must be transferred to a body or physical system to perform work on the body, or to heat it. Energy is a conserved quantity; the law of conservation of energy states that energy can be converted in form, but not created or destroyed.

Worknoun

Employment.

Worknoun

Labour, occupation, job.

Worknoun

The place where one is employed.

Worknoun

One's employer

Worknoun

Effort.

Worknoun

Effort expended on a particular task.

Worknoun

Sustained human effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.

Worknoun

Something on which effort is expended.

Worknoun

(physics) A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.

Worknoun

A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process.

Worknoun

Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.

Worknoun

(heading) Product; the result of effort.

Worknoun

The result of a particular manner of production.

Worknoun

Something produced using the specified material or tool.

Worknoun

(countable) A literary, artistic, or intellectual production.

Worknoun

(countable) A fortification.

Worknoun

The staging of events to appear as real.

Worknoun

(mining) Ore before it is dressed.

Worknoun

The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)

Workverb

(intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.

Workverb

Followed by in (or at, etc.) Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business).

Workverb

Followed by as. Said of one's job title

Workverb

Followed by for. Said of a company or individual who employs.

Workverb

Followed by with. General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients.

Workverb

(transitive) To effect by gradual degrees.

Workverb

(transitive) To embroider with thread.

Workverb

(transitive) To set into action.

Workverb

(transitive) To cause to ferment.

Workverb

(intransitive) To ferment.

Workverb

(transitive) To exhaust, by working.

Workverb

(transitive) To shape, form, or improve a material.

Workverb

(transitive) To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.

Workverb

(transitive) To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.

Workverb

(transitive) To provoke or excite; to influence.

Workverb

(transitive) To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.

Workverb

(transitive) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.

Workverb

(transitive) To cause to work.

Workverb

(intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.

Workverb

To influence.

Workverb

(intransitive) To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.

Workverb

(intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.

Workverb

(intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled

Workverb

To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).

Workverb

To hurt; to ache.

Worknoun

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically, physical labor.

Worknoun

The matter on which one is at work; that upon which one spends labor; material for working upon; subject of exertion; the thing occupying one; business; duty; as, to take up one's work; to drop one's work.

Worknoun

That which is produced as the result of labor; anything accomplished by exertion or toil; product; performance; fabric; manufacture; in a more general sense, act, deed, service, effect, result, achievement, feat.

Worknoun

Specifically: (a) That which is produced by mental labor; a composition; a book; as, a work, or the works, of Addison. (b) Flowers, figures, or the like, wrought with the needle; embroidery.

Worknoun

Structures in civil, military, or naval engineering, as docks, bridges, embankments, trenches, fortifications, and the like; also, the structures and grounds of a manufacturing establishment; as, iron works; locomotive works; gas works.

Worknoun

Manner of working; management; treatment; as, unskillful work spoiled the effect.

Worknoun

The causing of motion against a resisting force. The amount of work is proportioned to, and is measured by, the product of the force into the amount of motion along the direction of the force. See Conservation of energy, under Conservation, Unit of work, under Unit, also Foot pound, Horse power, Poundal, and Erg.

Worknoun

Ore before it is dressed.

Worknoun

Performance of moral duties; righteous conduct.

Worknoun

Break; twist.

Worknoun

The causing of motion against a resisting force, measured by the product of the force into the component of the motion resolved along the direction of the force.

Worknoun

Ore before it is dressed.

Workverb

To exert one's self for a purpose; to put forth effort for the attainment of an object; to labor; to be engaged in the performance of a task, a duty, or the like.

Workverb

Hence, in a general sense, to operate; to act; to perform; as, a machine works well.

Workverb

Hence, figuratively, to be effective; to have effect or influence; to conduce.

Workverb

To carry on business; to be engaged or employed customarily; to perform the part of a laborer; to labor; to toil.

Workverb

To be in a state of severe exertion, or as if in such a state; to be tossed or agitated; to move heavily; to strain; to labor; as, a ship works in a heavy sea.

Workverb

To make one's way slowly and with difficulty; to move or penetrate laboriously; to proceed with effort; - with a following preposition, as down, out, into, up, through, and the like; as, scheme works out by degrees; to work into the earth.

Workverb

To ferment, as a liquid.

Workverb

To act or operate on the stomach and bowels, as a cathartic.

Workverb

To labor or operate upon; to give exertion and effort to; to prepare for use, or to utilize, by labor.

Workverb

To produce or form by labor; to bring forth by exertion or toil; to accomplish; to originate; to effect; as, to work wood or iron into a form desired, or into a utensil; to work cotton or wool into cloth.

Workverb

To produce by slow degrees, or as if laboriously; to bring gradually into any state by action or motion.

Workverb

To influence by acting upon; to prevail upon; to manage; to lead.

Workverb

To form with a needle and thread or yarn; especially, to embroider; as, to work muslin.

Workverb

To set in motion or action; to direct the action of; to keep at work; to govern; to manage; as, to work a machine.

Workverb

To cause to ferment, as liquor.

Worknoun

activity directed toward making or doing something;

Worknoun

a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing;

Worknoun

the occupation for which you are paid;

Worknoun

applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading);

Worknoun

the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it);

Worknoun

a place where work is done;

Worknoun

(physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force;

Workverb

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity;

Workverb

be employed;

Workverb

have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected;

Workverb

perform as expected when applied;

Workverb

shape, form, or improve a material;

Workverb

give a work-out to;

Workverb

proceed along a path;

Workverb

operate in a certain place, area, or specialty;

Workverb

proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity;

Workverb

move in an agitated manner;

Workverb

cause to happen or to occur as a consequence;

Workverb

cause to work;

Workverb

prepare for crops;

Workverb

behave in a certain way when handled;

Workverb

have and exert influence or effect;

Workverb

operate in or through;

Workverb

cause to operate or function;

Workverb

provoke or excite;

Workverb

gratify and charm, usually in order to influence;

Workverb

make something, usually for a specific function;

Workverb

move into or onto;

Workverb

make uniform;

Workverb

use or manipulate to one's advantage;

Workverb

find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of;

Workverb

cause to undergo fermentation;

Workverb

go sour or spoil;

Workverb

arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion;