Commit
Commit verb - To carry through (as a process) to completion.
Usage example: accused of committing a felony
Work
Work verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- This is done multiple times over fifteen years, with the promise that those who survive (many die from the work and the harsh overseers, others commit suicide) will become samurai.
Source: Prisoner's Work -
The incentive for producing devices whose sole purpose is to commit crimes is nonexistent in any civilized society, any inventor or engineer would make far more money selling their work legitimately.
Source: Series / Almost Human -
Similar issues exist with non-linear or multi-linear storylines: they require an exponential amount of writing work for the number of possible paths, something which most webcomic artists (the majority of whom only work on their series part-time) are unable or unwilling to commit to.
Source: Infinite Canvas
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Work and Commit. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/commit/work
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Work or Commit. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/commit/work.
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