Sweat and Strain

Sweat

Sweat noun - The active use of energy in producing a result.
Usage example: save your sweat: no one will appreciate your efforts anyway

Strain is a synonym for sweat in work topic. In some cases you can use "Strain" instead the word "Sweat" as a noun or a verb.

Strain

Strain verb - To devote serious and sustained effort.
Usage example: the whole department is straining to complete the project before the deadline

Sweat is a synonym for strain in work topic. Sometimes you can use "Sweat" instead the word "Strain" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as work very hard.

Nearby Words: strained, straining, strainer

How words are described

special special sweat special strain
single single sweat single strain
real real sweat real strain
huge huge sweat huge strain
Other adjectives: excessive, less, last.

Common collocations

bit sweat bit strain bit
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