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What is the difference between labour and work ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between labour and work ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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WORK is the general word for any kind of job, occupation, etc. LABOR is the political or formal term for "work," seen in phrases like "labor laws" or "Department of Labor." LABOR is also used for the time when a pregnant woman's water breaks and she begins to experience contractions until her child is born: "Mary was in labor for six hours."
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They are the same for the most part, but labour usually refers to physical and/or intense work, while work is the general term.
“The work she put in helped her get the job.”
“She laboured for hours to get the job.”
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WORK is the general word for any kind of job, occupation, etc. LABOR is the political or formal term for "work," seen in phrases like "labor laws" or "Department of Labor." LABOR is also used for the time when a pregnant woman's water breaks and she begins to experience contractions until her child is born: "Mary was in labor for six hours."
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