Labour and Work

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Labour

Labour noun - Productive work (especially physical work done for wages).
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Work is a synonym for labour in action topic. In some cases you can use "Work" instead the word "Labour" as a noun or a verb, when it comes to topics like struggle, nature, strive, labor.
Nearby Words: labor, labored, laboured, laborer, labourer

Work

Work noun - A literary, musical, or artistic production.
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Labour is a synonym for work in toil topic. You can use "Labour" instead the word "Work" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as nature, labor, working man.
Nearby Words: works, working, worked, workable, worker

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physical physical labour physical work
short short labour short work
honest honest labour honest work
heavy heavy labour heavy work
Other adjectives: actual, hard, great, menial, next.

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  • We Will Use Manual Labor in the Future What makes this trope appear blatant and unable to suspend disbelief is that futuristic slavery rarely involves these environments, but rather dangerous hard labour such as mining, repetitive industrial work and space construction work.
    Source: We Will Use Manual Labor in the Future
  • Western Animation / Madagascar However, they do get a jab in at the French labour laws only requiring employees to work "two weeks a year".
    Source: Western Animation / Madagascar
  • Day of the Jackboot Eventually England fell under martial law, and - despite there being seemingly no work for the general population - began sending immigrants to "labour camps".
    Source: Day of the Jackboot
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