different between joblike vs joylike

joblike

English

Etymology

job +? -like

Adjective

joblike (comparative more joblike, superlative most joblike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a job (employment).
    • 2009, Frank J. Landy, Jeffrey M. Conte, Work in the 21st Century
      As the name implies, work sample tests measure job skills by taking samples of behavior under realistic joblike conditions.

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joylike

English

Etymology

From joy +? -like.

Adjective

joylike (comparative more joylike, superlative most joylike)

  1. Similar to or resembling joy.
    • 1854, Daniel Cronin, Poems - Page 9:
      There heav'n's glimpse, with lightning's scorch alarms, His heart portending beats with blighting storms; If revels e'er produce a joylike dream, 'Tis like the foam upon th' impetuous stream,Seen but to vanish in the grasping river, The memory saved,—the rest is lost for ever!

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