different between working vs pursuit

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w??k??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w?k??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)k??
• Hyphenation: work?ing

Etymology 1

From Middle English werking, werkynge, warkynge, worchinge, from Old English wyr?ung (“working, work”), verbal noun of wyr?an (“to work”), equivalent to work +? -ing. Cognate with Scots wirking, warking, Dutch werking, German Wirkung.

Noun

working (countable and uncountable, plural workings)

1. (usually in the plural) Operation; action.
2. Method of operation.
3. (arithmetic) The incidental or subsidiary calculations performed in solving an overall problem.

4. Fermentation.
5. (of bodies of water) Becoming full of a vegetable substance.
6. A place where work is carried on.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English workyng, wirkynge, worchinge, werchinge, workinde, wirkand, worchende, wurchende, from Old English wyr?ende, from Proto-Germanic *wurkijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *wurkijan? (“to work”), equivalent to work +? -ing. Compare Scots wirkand, werkand, warkand (“working”), Dutch werkend (“working, acting”), German wirkend (“acting, working”).

Verb

working

1. present participle of work

Adjective

working (not comparable)

1. That is or are functioning.

2. That suffices but requires additional work.

3. In paid employment.

4. Of or relating to employment.

5. Enough to allow one to use something.

   a working knowledge of computers

6. Used in real life; practical.

Synonyms

• (functioning):: functioning; up (mainly used of computers):
• (that suffices but requires further work):: draft, provisional, temporary
• (in paid employment):: employed, in employment
• (of or relating to employment):: work
• (enough to allow one to use something):: basic

Antonyms

• (functioning):: broken, broken-down, down (mainly used of computers):

Derived terms

Hyponyms

• known-working

Translations

Related terms

• work

References

• working in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Alternative forms

• pursuite (obsolete)

Etymology

Old French poursuite, from the verb porsuir (“to pursue”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p??sju?t/, /p???sju?t/, /p???u?t/, /p????u?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p??su?t/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /p?????t/, /p??s??t/

Noun

pursuit (countable and uncountable, plural pursuits)

1. The act of pursuing.
2. A hobby or recreational activity, done regularly.
3. (cycling) A discipline in track cycling where two opposing teams start on opposite sides of the track and try to catch their opponents.
4. (law, obsolete) prosecution

   • That pursuit for tithes ought, and of ancient time did pertain to the spiritual court.

Synonyms

• (hobby): See also Thesaurus:hobby

Derived terms

Related terms

• pursue

Translations

Further reading

• pursuit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia