Employment and Function

Employment

Employment noun - The activity by which one regularly makes a living.
Usage example: his regular employment is that of a restaurant waiter, but he always identifies himself as an actor

Function is a synonym for employment in use topic. In some cases you can use "Function" instead a noun "Employment", when it comes to topics like working for a living.

Function

Function noun - An assignment at which one regularly works for pay.
Usage example: what's your function in this company?

Employment is a synonym for function in capacity topic. You can use "Employment" instead a noun "Function", if it concerns topics such as purpose, use.

How words are described

full full employment full function
particular particular employment particular function
usual usual employment usual function
natural natural employment natural function
Other adjectives: regular, proper, obvious, real, little, easy, new, continued, useful, apparent, military, royal, official, unknown, alternate, different, higher.
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