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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