The difference between Game and Work

When used as nouns, game means a playful activity that may be unstructured, whereas work means employment. labour, occupation, job. the place where one is employed. one's employer.

When used as verbs, game means to gamble, whereas work means followed by in (or at, etc.) said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business).

Game is also adjective with the meaning: willing to participate.

check bellow for the other definitions of Game and Work

  1. Game as a noun (countable):

    A playful or competitive activity. A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime. An activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment, often competitive or having an explicit goal. A particular instance of playing a game; match. That which is gained, such as the stake in a game. The number of points necessary to win a game. In some games, a point awarded to the player whose cards add up to the largest sum. The equipment that enables such activity, particularly as packaged under a title. One's manner, style, or performance in playing a game. An amorous dalliance.

    Examples:

    "Being a child is all fun and games."

    "'Games in the classroom can make learning fun."

    "Sally won the game."

    "They can turn the game around in the second half."

    "In short whist, five points are game."

    "Some of the games in the closet we have on the computer as well."

    "Study can help your game of chess."

    "Hit the gym if you want to toughen up your game."

  2. Game as a noun (countable):

    A video game.

  3. Game as a noun (countable, informal, nearly always singular):

    A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.

    Examples:

    "When it comes to making sales, John is the best in the game."

    "He's in the securities game somehow."

  4. Game as a noun (countable, figuratively):

    Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.

    Examples:

    "In the game of life, you may find yourself playing the waiting game far too often."

  5. Game as a noun (countable, military):

    An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.

  6. Game as a noun (uncountable):

    Wild animals hunted for food.

    Examples:

    "The forest has plenty of game."

  7. Game as a noun (uncountable, informal, used mostly of males):

    The ability to seduce someone, usually by strategy.

    Examples:

    "He didn't get anywhere with her because he had no game."

  8. Game as a noun (uncountable, slang):

    Mastery; the ability to excel at something.

  9. Game as a noun (countable):

    A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal; a scheme.

    Examples:

    "You want to borrow my credit card for a week? What's your game?"

  1. Game as an adjective (colloquial):

    Willing to participate.

  2. Game as an adjective (of an animal):

    That shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded, often severely.

  3. Game as an adjective:

    Persistent, especially in senses similar to the above.

  4. Game as an adjective:

    Injured, lame (of a limb).

  1. Game as a verb (intransitive):

    To gamble.

  2. Game as a verb (intransitive):

    To play video games.

  3. Game as a verb (transitive):

    To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable.

    Examples:

    "We'll bury them in paperwork, and game the system."

  4. Game as a verb (transitive, slang, of males):

    To perform premeditated seduction strategy.

  1. Work as a noun (uncountable):

    Employment. Labour, occupation, job. The place where one is employed. One's employer

    Examples:

    "My work involves a lot of travel."

    "He hasn’t come home yet, he’s still at work."

    "“I want to go to the R.E.M. reunion concert but I'm not sure if my work will let me off.”"

  2. Work as a noun (uncountable):

    Effort. Effort expended on a particular task. Sustained human effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result. Something on which effort is expended. A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move. A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process.

    Examples:

    "Holding a brick over your head is hard work. It takes a lot of work to write a dictionary."

    "We know what we must do. Let's go to work."

    "There's lots of work waiting for me at the office."

    "'Work is done against friction to drag a bag along the ground."

  3. Work as a noun:

    Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.

    Examples:

    "We don't have much time. Let's get to work piling up those sandbags."

  4. Work as a noun:

    Product; the result of effort. The result of a particular manner of production. Something produced using the specified material or tool. A literary, artistic, or intellectual production. A fortification.

    Examples:

    "There's a lot of guesswork involved."

    "We've got some paperwork to do before we can get started. The piece was decorated with intricate filigree work."

    "It is a work of art."

    "the poetic works of Alexander Pope"

    "William the Conqueror fortified many castles, throwing up new ramparts, bastions and all manner of works."

  5. Work as a noun (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling):

    The staging of events to appear as real.

  6. Work as a noun (mining):

    Ore before it is dressed.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Raymond"

  7. Work as a noun:

    The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)

    Examples:

    "Tell me you're using clean works at least."

  1. Work as a verb (intransitive):

    To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers. Followed by in (or at, etc.) Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business). Followed by as. Said of one's job title Followed by for. Said of a company or individual who employs. Followed by with. General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients.

    Examples:

    "He’s working in a bar."

    "I work in a national park"

    "she works in the human resources department"

    "he mostly works in logging, but sometimes works in carpentry"

    "I work as a cleaner."

    "she works for Microsoft"

    "he works for the president"

    "I work closely with my Canadian counterparts"

    "you work with computers"

    "she works with the homeless people from the suburbs"

  2. Work as a verb (transitive):

    To effect by gradual degrees.

    Examples:

    "he worked his way through the crowd"

    "the dye worked its way through"

    "using some tweezers, she worked the bee sting out of her hand"

  3. Work as a verb (transitive):

    To embroider with thread.

  4. Work as a verb (transitive):

    To set into action.

    Examples:

    "He worked the levers."

  5. Work as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to ferment.

  6. Work as a verb (intransitive):

    To ferment.

  7. Work as a verb (transitive):

    To exhaust, by working.

    Examples:

    "The mine was worked until the last [[scrap]] of [[ore]] had been extracted."

  8. Work as a verb (transitive):

    To shape, form, or improve a material.

    Examples:

    "He used pliers to work the wire into [[shape]]."

  9. Work as a verb (transitive):

    To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.

    Examples:

    "she works the night clubs"

    "the salesman works the Midwest"

    "this artist works mostly in acrylics"

  10. Work as a verb (transitive):

    To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.

  11. Work as a verb (transitive):

    To provoke or excite; to influence.

    Examples:

    "The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy."

  12. Work as a verb (transitive):

    To use or manipulate to one's advantage.

    Examples:

    "She knows how to work the system."

  13. Work as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.

    Examples:

    "I cannot work a miracle."

  14. Work as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to work.

    Examples:

    "He is working his servants hard."

  15. Work as a verb (intransitive):

    To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.

    Examples:

    "he pointed at the car and asked, "Does it work"?; he looked at the bottle of pain pills, wondering if they would work; my plan didn’t work'"

  16. Work as a verb (intransitive, figuratively):

    To influence.

    Examples:

    "They worked on her to join the group."

  17. Work as a verb (intransitive):

    To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.

  18. Work as a verb (intransitive):

    To move in an agitated manner.

    Examples:

    "His fingers worked with tension."

    "A ship works in a heavy sea."

  19. Work as a verb (intransitive):

    To behave in a certain way when handled

    Examples:

    "this dough does not work easily; the soft metal works well"

  20. Work as a verb (transitive, with two objects, poetic):

    To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).

  21. Work as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):

    To hurt; to ache.

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