Capacity and Work

Capacity

Capacity noun - An assignment at which one regularly works for pay.

Usage example: served in the capacity of the network's White House correspondent for a year

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Work and capacity are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Work" instead a noun "Capacity".

Work noun - The action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists.

Usage example: the work of a movie director is to tell a story through a series of striking images

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Capacity and work are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Capacity" instead a noun "Work".

Nearby Words: works, working, worked, workable, worker

good	good capacity	good work
physical	physical capacity	physical work
better	better capacity	better work
similar	similar capacity	similar work
Other adjectives: normal, usual, short, actual, entire, real, great, serious, little, excellent, new, less, extra, different.

It is suggested that Ernest will ultimately take over from his father as the Commander, and that June will work alongside him in a similar capacity to the Queen.

Source: Literature / The Posterchildren
Insistent Terminology: Although most people would call them assassins, the people who work for the Sa'Kagé in that capacity insist that the local term, "wetboy", be used instead.

Source: Literature / The Night Angel Trilogy
Demoted to Extra: While most of the rest of the classic cast work for Up Late in some capacity, Rowlf now merely tends a bar that the others sometimes visit after work.

Source: Series / The Muppets

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