Effort and Labour

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Effort noun - Use of physical or mental energy; hard work.

Usage example: he got an A for effort

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Labour is a synonym for effort in exertion topic. In some cases you can use "Labour" instead a noun "Effort", when it comes to topics like deed.

Labour noun - Productive work (especially physical work done for wages).

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Effort is a synonym for labour in work topic. You can use "Effort" instead a noun "Labour", if it concerns topics such as toil, deed.

Nearby Words: labor, labored, laboured, laborer, labourer

human	human effort	human labour
physical	physical effort	physical labour
honest	honest effort	honest labour
actual	actual effort	actual labour
Other adjectives: hard, great, mental, next.

The time, cost, maintenance, and effort for completely automated systems can quite often be far in excess of what skilled labour can have.

Source: We Will Use Manual Labor in the Future
Poseidon made no effort to stop it; they were saved from its rampages only when Heracles came and took the Cretan Bull as his Seventh Labour.

Source: Tabletop Game / Scion
Corbyn's already fragile grip as Labour's leader was weakened even further after numerous M Ps accused him of being hesitant to campaign for the "Remain" effort.

Source: Useful Notes / The New Tens

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