Concentrate
Concentrate verb - To increase the amount of (a substance in a mixture) by removing other substances.
Work and concentrate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Work" instead a verb "Concentrate".
Work
Work verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
Concentrate and work are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Concentrate" instead a verb "Work".
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| better | better concentrate | better work |
Common collocations
| power | concentrate power | work power |
| spell | concentrate spell | work spell |
| magic | concentrate magic | work magic |
| phone | concentrate phone | work phone |
| Other words: differences. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Franklin finds out in one comic this is the reason most of his inventions didn't work as planned; his crush on Marina made it hard for him to concentrate.
Source: Comic Book / Monica's Gang -
Kanau herself counts, since her mother just sent her off to the father she'd never met to concentrate on work.
Source: Manga / Otaku no Musume-san -
She then wonders if she inherited this tendency from her Workaholic father, queuing a flashback of him shooing her away to concentrate on "work".
Source: Creator / Anna Akana
Cite this Source
Work and Concentrate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/concentrate/work
Concentrate & Work. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/concentrate/work>.
Work or Concentrate. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/concentrate/work.
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