Course and Work

Course

Course noun - A usually fixed or ordered series of actions or events leading to a result.

Usage example: set out on the course that would lead to a college degree

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

Nearby Words: coursed, coursing, courser, courseware

Work noun - A literary, musical, or artistic production.

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

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

good	good course	good work
physical	physical course	physical work
best	best course	best work
particular	particular course	particular work
Other adjectives: better, similar, normal, usual, short, regular, current, original, single, actual, entire, real, quick, main, new, major, final, next, last, different.

Justified Title: Lebowitz is canonized over the course of the course of the work, so it makes sense.

Source: Literature / A Canticle for Leibowitz
Played straight in Swiss Miss, with the added caveat that the boys must work an extra day for any dishes broken in the course of their work.

Source: Work Off the Debt
Nobunaga, of course, had no intention of serving the Muromachi shogunate and devoted his work instead to consolidating his territory in central Japan.

Source: Useful Notes / Sengoku Period

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