Working and Yielding

Working

Working adjective - Being in effective operation.
Usage example: the only working coal mine in the area

Yielding and working are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Yielding" instead an adjective "Working".

Nearby Words: work, works, worked, workable, worker

Yielding

Yielding adjective - Receiving or enduring without offering resistance.

Working and yielding are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Working" instead an adjective "Yielding".

Nearby Words: yield, yielded

Both words in one sentence

  • Organ Theft Dirty Pretty Things: the film revolves around illegal migrants yielding to terrible pressure and selling their kidneys to an organlegging outfit, and one Nigerian surgeon being strong-armed into working for them.
    Source: Organ Theft
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