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Toil vs. Labour — What's the Difference?

Toil vs. Labour — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Toil and Labour

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Toil

To labor continuously; work strenuously.

Labour

Work, especially physical work
Manual labour
The price of repairs includes labour, parts, and VAT

Toil

To proceed with difficulty
"The old woman ... proceeded to toil up the narrow staircase before us" (James Joyce).

Labour

The Labour Party
The Labour leader

Toil

Exhausting labor or effort.
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Labour

The process of childbirth from the start of uterine contractions to delivery
A woman in labour

Toil

(Archaic) Strife; contention.

Labour

A group of moles
A labour of moles toils with the Earth

Toil

Often toils Something that binds, snares, or entangles one; an entrapment
Caught in the toils of despair.

Labour

Work hard; make great effort
They laboured from dawn to dusk
She was patiently labouring over her sketchbooks

Toil

(Archaic) A net for trapping game.

Labour

Have difficulty in doing something despite working hard
United laboured against confident opponents

Toil

Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.

Labour

(of a woman in childbirth) be in labour
She laboured very well and comfortably because she was relaxed

Toil

Trouble, strife.

Labour

Variant of labor.

Toil

A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey.

Labour

Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.

Toil

(intransitive) To labour; work.

Labour

That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.

Toil

(intransitive) To struggle.

Labour

(uncountable) Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.

Toil

(transitive) To work (something); often with out.

Labour

(uncountable) A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.

Toil

(transitive) To weary through excessive labour.

Labour

The act of a mother giving birth.

Toil

A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; - usually in the plural.
As a Numidian lion, when first caught,Endures the toil that holds him.
Then toils for beasts, and lime for birds, were found.

Labour

The time period during which a mother gives birth.

Toil

Labor with pain and fatigue; labor that oppresses the body or mind, esp. the body.
My task of servile toil.
After such bloody toil, we bid good night.
You do not know the heavy grievances,The toils, the labors, weary drudgeries,Which they impose.
How often have I blessed the coming day,When toil remitting lent its turn to play.

Labour

(nautical) The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.

Toil

To exert strength with pain and fatigue of body or mind, especially of the body, with efforts of some continuance or duration; to labor; to work.

Labour

(historical) A traditional unit of area in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to 177.1 acres or 71.67 ha.

Toil

To weary; to overlabor.

Labour

A group of moles.

Toil

To labor; to work; - often with out.
Places well toiled and husbanded.
[I] toiled out my uncouth passage.

Labour

(intransitive) To toil, to work.

Toil

Productive work (especially physical work done for wages);
His labor did not require a great deal of skill

Labour

(transitive) To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).
I think we've all got the idea. There's no need to labour the point.

Toil

Work hard;
She was digging away at her math homework
Lexicographers drudge all day long

Labour

To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard or wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden.

Labour

To suffer the pangs of childbirth.

Labour

(nautical) To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.

Labour

Same as labor; - British spelling.

Labour

A social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages;
There is a shortage of skilled labor in this field

Labour

Concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child;
She was in labor for six hours

Labour

A political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and the socialization of key industries

Labour

Productive work (especially physical work done for wages);
His labor did not require a great deal of skill

Labour

Work hard;
She was digging away at her math homework
Lexicographers drudge all day long

Labour

Strive and make an effort to reach a goal;
She tugged for years to make a decent living
We have to push a little to make the deadline!
She is driving away at her doctoral thesis

Labour

Undergo the efforts of childbirth

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