different between job vs aim
job
English
Etymology
From the phrase jobbe of work (“piece of work”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a variant of Middle English gobbe (“mass, lump”); or perhaps related to Middle English jobben (“to jab, thrust, peck”), or Middle English choppe (“piece, bargain”). More at gob, jab, chop.
Folk etymology linked the word to Job, the biblical character who suffered many misfortunes; for semantic development of misery and labor, compare Vulgar Latin *tripalium (“instrument of torture”) and its Romance descendants like Spanish trabajo and French travail (whence borrowed into English travail).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: j?b, IPA(key): /d???b/
- (General American) enPR: j?b, IPA(key): /d???b/
- Rhymes: -?b
Noun
job (plural jobs)
- A task.
- 1996, Cameron Crowe, Jerry Maguire
- And it's my job to take care of the skanks on the road that you bang.
- 1996, Cameron Crowe, Jerry Maguire
- An economic role for which a person is paid.
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- Here I am at my new job!
- Here I am at my new job!
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- (in noun compounds) Plastic surgery.
- (computing) A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
- A public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private gain; a corrupt official business.
- Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.
- (colloquial) A thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall).
- Pass me that little job with the screw thread on it.
Usage notes
- Adjectives often applied to "job": easy, hard, poor, good, great, excellent, decent, low-paying, steady, stable, secure, challenging, demanding, rewarding, boring, thankless, stressful, horrible, lousy, satisfying, industrial, educational, academic.
Translations
Verb
job (third-person singular simple present jobs, present participle jobbing, simple past and past participle jobbed)
- (intransitive) To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
- a. 1852, Thomas Moore, Literary Advertisement
- Authors of all work, to job for the season.
- a. 1852, Thomas Moore, Literary Advertisement
- (intransitive) To work as a jobber.
- (intransitive, professional wrestling slang) To take the loss.
- (transitive, trading) To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
- (transitive, often with out) To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.
- We wanted to sell a turnkey plant, but they jobbed out the contract to small firms.
- (intransitive) To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
- 1733, Alexander Pope, Epistle to Bathurst
- And judges job, and bishops bite the town.
- 1733, Alexander Pope, Epistle to Bathurst
- To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.
- a raven pitch'd upon him, and there sate, jobbing of the sore
- To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.
- 1683, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises
- And while the Tympan is coming , he slips his Left Hand Fingers from under the Frisket to the hither outer corner of it , as well to keep the Sheet close to the Tympan in its position , as to avoid the jobbing of the lower side of the Frisket against the small square shoulder
- 1683, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises
- To hire or let in periods of service.
- 1848, William M. Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 59,[1]
- […] ...and a pair of handsome horses were jobbed, with which Jos drove about in state in the park...
- 1848, William M. Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 59,[1]
Translations
Derived terms
See also
- employment
- work
- labour
Anagrams
- obj
Danish
Etymology
From English job.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?d?j?b?]
Noun
job n
- job
Inflection
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English job.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??p/
- Hyphenation: job
- Rhymes: -?p
Noun
job f (plural jobs)
- (chiefly Belgium) job
- Synonym: baan
Usage notes
Job is the default word for a job in Belgium. In the Netherlands baan is the default; however, job is sometimes used informally or in certain sectors (e.g. marketing), but it may also be considered pretentious due to an association with yuppies.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English job.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??b/
Noun
job m or f (plural jobs)
- (informal) job (employment role)
- (Quebec, Louisiana, informal) work
Usage notes
- This term is feminine in Quebec and some parts of Louisiana and masculine elsewhere.
Synonyms
- (informal) boulot
Further reading
- “job” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English job.
Noun
job m (invariable)
- job (employment role, computing task)
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English job.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d??bi/
- (Rarely) IPA(key): /?d??b/
Noun
job m (plural jobs)
- (computing) job (task carried out in batch mode)
job From the web:
- what jobs hire at 14
- what job should i have
- what jobs hire at 15
- what jobs hire at 13
- what job makes the most money
- what job should i have quiz
- what jobs hire at 16
- what job is right for me
aim
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e?m/
- Rhymes: -e?m
Etymology 1
From Middle English amen, aimen, eimen (“to guess at, to estimate, to aim”), borrowed from Old French esmer, aesmer, asmer, from Latin ad- plus aestimare (“to estimate”), the compound perhaps being originally formed in Medieval Latin (adaestimare), perhaps in Old French.
Noun
aim (plural aims)
- The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, or object, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, such as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it.
- The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
- Intention or goal
- Synonyms: purpose, design, scheme
- 1891, Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism
- There is no doubt at all that this is the future of machinery, and just as trees grow while the country gentleman is asleep, so while Humanity will be amusing itself, or enjoying cultivated leisure which, and not labour, is the aim of man - or making beautiful things, or reading beautiful things, or simply contemplating the world with admiration and delight, machinery will be doing all the necessary and unpleasant work.
- The ability of someone to aim straight; one's faculty for being able to hit a physical target
- (obsolete) Conjecture; guess.
Synonyms
- (intention): aspiration, design, end, ettle, intention, mint, object, purpose, scheme, scope, tendency; See also Thesaurus:goal or Thesaurus:intention
Derived terms
- aimless
- take aim
Translations
Verb
aim (third-person singular simple present aims, present participle aiming, simple past and past participle aimed)
- (intransitive) To point or direct a missile, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it
- (intransitive) To direct the intention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor;—followed by at, or by an infinitive
- (transitive) To direct or point (e.g. a weapon), at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object
- (transitive) To direct (something verbal) towards a certain person, thing, or group
- (intransitive, obsolete) To guess or conjecture.
Usage notes
- Sense 2. This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Derived terms
- aim at
- ready, aim, fire!
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
aim
- Initialism of America Online. AIM; AOL Instant Messenger.
Further reading
- aim in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- aim in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- AMI, I am, I'm a, I'm a', I'm'a, I'm-a, I'ma, IAM, Ima, Ima', MAI, MIA, Mai, Mia, i'm'a, i'ma, ima, mai, mia
Estonian
Etymology
Of Finnic origin. Cognate to Finnish aimottaa.
Noun
aim (genitive aimu, partitive aimu)
- sense, idea of something, feeling
- Pole aimugi.
- I have no idea.
- Pole aimugi.
Declension
aim From the web:
- what aim assist to use in warzone
- what aim means
- what aim response curve type
- what aimbot looks like
- what aiming down sights
- what aim assist is better in fortnite
- what animal am i
- what aim trainer should i use
you may also like
- job vs aim
- fell vs feral
- regard vs mindfulness
- copiously vs generously
- section vs measure
- scandalous vs insolent
- offender vs gaolbird
- burden vs connotation
- acquittal vs completion
- funny vs jocund
- mirthful vs frolicking
- careful vs cool
- maimed vs weak
- envoy vs zealot
- reaction vs aura
- bulwark vs obstacle
- routine vs unthinking
- charity vs handout
- preposterousness vs stupidity
- resilient vs rubbery