Job vs. Task
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 ().
Tasknoun
A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
Tasknoun
A difficult or tedious undertaking.
Tasknoun
An objective.
Tasknoun
(computing) A process or execution of a program.
Taskverb
(transitive) To assign a task to, or impose a task on.
Taskverb
(transitive) To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
Taskverb
(transitive) To charge, as with a fault.
Tasknoun
Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.
Tasknoun
Business; employment; undertaking; labor.
Taskverb
To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty to.
Taskverb
To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
Taskverb
To charge; to tax, as with a fault.
Tasknoun
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted;
Tasknoun
a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee;
Taskverb
assign a task to;
Taskverb
use to the limit;
