Book
Book noun - A set of printed sheets of paper bound together between covers and forming a work of fiction or nonfiction.
Work is a synonym for book in publishing topic. In some cases you can use "Work" instead a noun "Book", when it comes to topics like volume, published document.
Work
Work noun - A literary, musical, or artistic production.
How words are described
| old | old book | old work |
| best | best book | best work |
| short | short book | short work |
| original | original book | original work |
| Other adjectives: single, popular, actual, entire, real, little, main, famous, new, early, given, final, later, next, last, earlier, previous, favorite, published. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights (she died of tuberculosis a year after publishing the book.) Her only other published work were several poems that were published after her death.
Source: One-Book Author -
In A Thousand Words, Jack is shown bringing the book to his own publishing company to work out a deal.
Source: I Should Write a Book About This -
Darker and Edgier: Right around the time the 90s Dork Age was starting up, with overstylized costumes and ridiculous storylines, the book took this approach and made it work.
Source: Comic Book / Suicide Squad
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