Hammer
Hammer verb - To shape with a hammer.
Usage example: medieval artisans hammered brass into various bowls and trays, which they then embossed with elaborate designs
Work
Work verb - To devote serious and sustained effort.
Usage example: the organization has worked for years to raise people's awareness of human rights issues
How words are described
| similar | similar hammer | similar work |
| normal | normal hammer | normal work |
| short | short hammer | short work |
| complete | complete hammer | complete work |
| Other adjectives: regular, single, heavy, actual, hard, great, little, new. | ||
Common collocations
| sense | hammer sense | work sense |
| body | hammer body | work body |
| way | hammer way | work way |
| ass | hammer ass | work ass |
| Other words: differences. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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You may be assured that whenever an episode has a car with some mechanical work to be done, Jeremy Clarkson will be reaching for his hammer.
Source: The All-Solving Hammer - The advice "If you can't fix it by hitting it with a hammer then it must be an electrical problem." And the corollary, "If hitting it with a hammer doesn't work, hit it with a bigger hammer."
Source: The All-Solving Hammer -
The hammer is used for close-range combat, the kukris work as described above, and the swords...are thrown in a hard-to-avoid spread pattern.
Source: Throwing Your Sword Always Works
Cite this Source
Work and Hammer. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hammer/work
Hammer & Work. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hammer/work>.
Work or Hammer. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hammer/work.
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