Occupation
Occupation noun - The activity by which one regularly makes a living.
Service and occupation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Service" instead a noun "Occupation".
Service
Service noun - An act of kind assistance.
Occupation and service are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Occupation" instead a noun "Service".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
How words are described
| long | long occupation | long service |
| particular | particular occupation | particular service |
| similar | similar occupation | similar service |
| normal | normal occupation | normal service |
| Other adjectives: direct, regular, original, continuous, actual, entire, bad, main, new, military, imperial, official, last, previous, soviet. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- If I am assigned to serve under a fresh-faced, idealistic upper-class twit who considers himself A Father to His Men, I will ask to be transferred before we ship out, to a different service/occupation if necessary.
- Sex Slave: Akiko was forced to serve as an ianfu ("comfort woman"), made to sexually service the troops during Japan's occupation of Korea in World War II.
Source: Literature / Comfort Woman -
While Russia had a serfdom at that time, which was sometimes hardly distinguishable from slavery, enlistment always immediately freed a person, and a military service was seen as a prestigious, if taxing occupation.
Source: Slave Galley
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