different between worker vs turnover

English

Etymology

From Middle English werkere, worcher, wercher, equivalent to work +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w??.k?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?w?.k?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)k?(?)

Noun

worker (plural workers)

1. A person who performs labor for a living, especially manual labor.
2. A nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite, or wasp.
   1. (rare) A female ant, bee, termite or wasp.
3. (computing) A thread performing one instance of a particular task within a program.

Synonyms

• (person who performs labor): laborer, labourer

Hyponyms

• (person who performs labor): employee

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• rework

English

Etymology

turn +? over

Pronunciation

Noun

turnover (countable and uncountable, plural turnovers)

1. The amount of money taken as sales transacted in a given period.

   The company had an annual turnover of $500,000.

2. The frequency with which stock is replaced after being used or sold, workers leave and are replaced, a property changes hands, etc.

   High staff-turnover can lead to low morale amongst employees

   Those apartments have a high turnover because they are so close to the railroad tracks.

3. A semicircular pastry made by turning one half of a circular crust over the other, enclosing the filling (usually fruit).

   They only served me one apple turnover for breakfast.

4. (sports) A loss of possession of the ball without scoring.

   The Nimrods committed another dismaying turnover en route to another humiliating loss.
5. A measure of leg speed: the frequency with which one takes strides when running, typically given in strides per minute.
6. The act or result of overturning something; an upset.

   a bad turnover in a carriage

7. (dated) An apprentice, in any trade, who is handed over from one master to another to complete his time.

Coordinate terms

• (a pastry of a filling enclosed in a folded crust): fritter, rissole

Translations

Adjective

turnover (not comparable)

1. Capable of being turned over; designed to be turned over.

   a turnover collar

Anagrams

• overturn