Job and Play

Job

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

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

Nearby Word: jobless

Play noun - Activity engaged in to amuse oneself.

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Job and play are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Job" instead a noun "Play".

Nearby Words: played, playful, player, playfulness, playing

old	old job	old play
good	good job	good play
nice	nice job	nice play
normal	normal job	normal play
Other adjectives: perfect, regular, original, fair, poor, actual, entire, real, big, great, bad, excellent, main, new, final, next, last, different, previous.

In The Sims 3, anyone who can play a guitar can play for tips, regardless of their job.

Source: Street Musician
This made Terminator X's job easier because instead of looking for certain samples, Flav could just play them and X would use his recording.

Source: Music / Public Enemy
In Our Town, the narrator himself appears in the play several times, each time having a different job.

Source: New Job as the Plot Demands

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