different between walkout vs workout

English

Etymology

walk +? out

Noun

walkout (plural walkouts)

1. A sudden stoppage of work.

   Synonym: strike

2. A similar mass action of people leaving a place as a form of protest.

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• walk out

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• outwalk

English

Etymology

work +? out

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?w??k.a?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?w?k.a?t/

Noun

workout (plural workouts)

1. An exercise session; a period of physical exercise.
   • 2008, Jim Montgomery, Mo Chambers, Mastering Swimming, page 157

     The following guidelines for smart weekly scheduling can simplify this piece of the planning: Swim three or four workouts each week.

2. A schedule or program of specific exercises, especially one intended to achieve a particular goal.
   • 2007, Peter Twist, Complete Conditioning for Hockey, page 170

     If athletes do too much too soon, they will be stiff and sore 24 to 48 hours after a new workout.

   • 2010, Mark Alvisi (quote from a reader), "Mark of a Champion", Muscular Development 47(1): 350

     I read in another magazine about a workout that can put a whole inch on your arms in just one day!

3. (by extension) Any activity that requires much physical or mental effort, or produces strain.
   • 2001, Jan Karon, A Common Life: The Wedding Story, page 41

     Cynthia's phone got a workout, as well. In approximately three days since the news had hit the street, a total of five bridal showers had been booked, not to mention a luncheon at Esther Cunningham's and tea at Olivia Harper's.

Related terms

• work out

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• outwork