Place
Place noun - An assignment at which one regularly works for pay.
Usage example: a friend got her a place in a department store's clothing department
Work
Work noun - The action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists.
Usage example: the work of a movie director is to tell a story through a series of striking images
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good place | good work |
| physical | physical place | physical work |
| nice | nice place | nice work |
| best | best place | best work |
| Other adjectives: particular, better, usual, specific, original, single, popular, actual, entire, real, great, little, bad, new, final, next, last, different, favorite. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Demands that the Henris give her full-time work and a place to live.
Source: Literature / Queen of Babble -
Ilana's place of 'work', Deals Deals Deals, is based on a similar company called Lifebooker that Abbi, Ilana, and writer/director Lucia Aniello used to work at.
Source: Series / Broad City -
Honor Before Reason: Frank loses everything he cares about - and probably loses out on a much better albeit still criminal life - because of his my way or the highway attitude and refusal to work and place nicely with Leo and his gang.
Source: Film / Thief
Cite this Source
Work and Place. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/place/work
Place & Work. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/place/work>.
Work or Place. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/place/work.
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