different between bywork vs bework

English

Alternative forms

• by-work

Etymology

From by- +? work.

Noun

bywork (plural byworks)

1. Work done in addition to one's normal duties; subordinate or secondary business; work done on the side.

See also

• bework

English

Etymology

From Middle English bewurchen, from Old English bewyr?ean, bewyr?an (“to work, construct, surround with, enclose, cover, work in, insert, adorn”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- + *wirkijan? (“to work”), equivalent to be- +? work. Cognate with North Frisian bewerke (“to bework, edit”), Dutch bewerken (“to work, manipulate”), German bewirken (“to bring about, effect”), Danish bevirke (“to cause”). More at be-, work.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /b??w??k/, /b??w??k/, /bi?w??k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /b??w?k/, /b??w?k/, /bi?w?k/

Verb

bework (third-person singular simple present beworks, present participle beworking, simple past and past participle beworked or (archaic) bewrought)

1. (transitive) To work around or about; surround.
2. (transitive) To work, as with thread; embroider.
3. (transitive) To work over; rework; edit.

See also

• bywork

Anagrams

• Bowker