Work vs. Power

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;

Powernoun

(social) Ability to coerce, influence or control.

Powernoun

(countable) Ability to affect or influence.

Powernoun

Control or coercion, particularly legal or political (jurisdiction).

Powernoun

(metonymy) (chiefly in the plural) The people in charge of legal or political power, the government.

Powernoun

(metonymy) An influential nation, company, or other such body.

Powernoun

Effectiveness.

Powernoun

Physical force or strength.

Powernoun

Electricity or a supply of electricity.

Powernoun

A measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy.

Powernoun

The strength by which a lens or mirror magnifies an optical image.

Powernoun

Any of the elementary forms or parts of machines: three primary (the lever, inclined plane, and pulley) and three secondary (the wheel-and-axle, wedge, and screw).

Powernoun

(mathematics)

Powernoun

A product of equal factors (and generalizations of this notion): x^n, read as "x to the power of n" or the like, is called a power and denotes the product x \times x \times \cdots \times x, where x appears n times in the product; x is called the base and n the exponent.

Powernoun

(set theory) Cardinality.

Powernoun

(statistics) The probability that a statistical test will reject the null hypothesis when the alternative hypothesis is true.

Powernoun

In Christian angelology, an intermediate level of angels, ranked above archangels, but exact position varies by classification scheme.

Powerverb

(transitive) To provide power for (a mechanical or electronic device).

Powerverb

(transitive) To hit or kick something forcefully.

Powerverb

To enable or provide the impetus for.

Poweradjective

Impressive.

Powernoun

Same as Poor, the fish.

Powernoun

Ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent; the faculty of doing or performing something; capacity for action or performance; capability of producing an effect, whether physical or moral: potency; might; as, a man of great power; the power of capillary attraction; money gives power.

Powernoun

Ability, regarded as put forth or exerted; strength, force, or energy in action; as, the power of steam in moving an engine; the power of truth, or of argument, in producing conviction; the power of enthusiasm.

Powernoun

Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted upon; susceptibility; - called also passive power; as, great power of endurance.

Powernoun

The exercise of a faculty; the employment of strength; the exercise of any kind of control; influence; dominion; sway; command; government.

Powernoun

The agent exercising an ability to act; an individual invested with authority; an institution, or government, which exercises control; as, the great powers of Europe; hence, often, a superhuman agent; a spirit; a divinity.

Powernoun

A military or naval force; an army or navy; a great host.

Powernoun

A large quantity; a great number; as, a power o good things.

Powernoun

The rate at which mechanical energy is exerted or mechanical work performed, as by an engine or other machine, or an animal, working continuously; as, an engine of twenty horse power.

Powernoun

A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc.

Powernoun

The product arising from the multiplication of a number into itself; as, a square is the second power, and a cube is third power, of a number.

Powernoun

A machine acted upon by an animal, and serving as a motor to drive other machinery; as, a dog power.

Powernoun

Mental or moral ability to act; one of the faculties which are possessed by the mind or soul; as, the power of thinking, reasoning, judging, willing, fearing, hoping, etc.

Powernoun

The degree to which a lens, mirror, or any optical instrument, magnifies; in the telescope, and usually in the microscope, the number of times it multiplies, or augments, the apparent diameter of an object; sometimes, in microscopes, the number of times it multiplies the apparent surface.

Powernoun

An authority enabling a person to dispose of an interest vested either in himself or in another person; ownership by appointment.

Powernoun

Hence, vested authority to act in a given case; as, the business was referred to a committee with power.

Powernoun

possession of controlling influence;

Powernoun

(physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second)

Powernoun

possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done;

Powernoun

a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world

Powernoun

(of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power;

Powernoun

one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority;

Powernoun

physical strength

Powernoun

a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself

Powernoun

a very wealthy or powerful businessman;

Powerverb

supply the force or power for the functioning of;

Powernoun

the ability or capacity to do something or act in a particular way

Powernoun

the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behaviour of others or the course of events

Powernoun

political or social authority or control, especially that exercised by a government

Powernoun

authority that is given or delegated to a person or body

Powernoun

the military strength of a state

Powernoun

a state or country, especially one viewed in terms of its international influence and military strength

Powernoun

a person or organization that is strong or influential within a particular context

Powernoun

a supernatural being, deity, or force

Powernoun

(in traditional Christian angelology) the sixth-highest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy.

Powernoun

denoting something associated with people who hold authority and influence, especially in the context of business or politics

Powernoun

used in the names of movements aiming to enhance the status of a specified group

Powernoun

physical strength and force exerted by something or someone

Powernoun

capacity or performance of an engine or other device

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denoting a sports player, team, or style of play that makes use of power rather than finesse

Powernoun

the magnifying capacity of a lens.

Powernoun

energy that is produced by mechanical, electrical, or other means and used to operate a device

Powernoun

electrical energy supplied to an area, building, etc.

Powernoun

driven by electrical energy

Powernoun

the rate of doing work, measured in watts or less frequently horse power.

Powernoun

the product obtained when a number is multiplied by itself a certain number of times

Powernoun

a large number or amount of something

Powerverb

supply (a device) with mechanical or electrical energy

Powerverb

switch a device on or off

Powerverb

move or travel with great speed or force

Powerverb

direct (something, especially a ball) with great force