Job and Machine

Job

Job noun - An assignment at which one regularly works for pay.

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Machine and job are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Machine" instead a noun "Job".

Nearby Word: jobless

Machine noun - A device that changes energy into mechanical motion.

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Job and machine are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Job" instead a noun "Machine".

old	old job	old machine
similar	similar job	similar machine
perfect	perfect job	perfect machine
original	original job	original machine
Other adjectives: single, simple, actual, entire, real, big, new, different.

Kurt Vonnegut's first novel Player Piano is all about this, including the quintessential example of a character who invents the machine that can do his job, not realizing the company will fire him instead of rewarding him.

Source: Job-Stealing Robot
Zero, hoping for a raise or promotion after twenty-five years of employment, is instead replaced by a machine that will do his job more efficiently.

Source: Job-Stealing Robot
In the Deadlands: Hell on Earth setting, a junker can assemble scrap into a machine that just looks like it could work, then get a technology spirit to inhabit it and finish the job.

Source: Walking Techfix

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