Job and Obligation

Job

Job noun - A specific task with which a person or group is charged.
Usage example: your job on this committee is to review the curriculum and suggest changes

Obligation is a synonym for job in task topic. In some cases you can use "Obligation" instead a noun "Job".

Nearby Word: jobless

Obligation

Obligation noun - Something one must do because of prior agreement.

Job is a synonym for obligation in duty topic. Sometimes you can use "Job" instead a noun "Obligation", if it concerns topics such as function, task.

How words are described

original original job original obligation
proper proper job proper obligation
actual actual job actual obligation
entire entire job entire obligation
Other adjectives: real, great, primary.

Both words in one sentence

  • Anime / Mononoke Omniscient Morality License: The Medicine Man even says that his job is just to defeat the mononoke, and he has no obligation to save the people involved.
  • Literature / Encyclopedia Brown In Real Life, police do have (in theory) an obligation to investigate any criminal complaint made, and in-story, Bugs does do a good job setting up some of his plots.
  • Although it remains to be seen whether that's a moral obligation or if they're just doing their job.
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