Work, job, occupation, career and profession

The noun forms of work, job, occupation, career and profession.

Work is done to earn money.

• Have you got any work yet?

Work is an activity.

• She has got a lot of work to do.
• Lakshmi enjoys her work in the kitchen.

Job is used to talk about the particular work activity.

• Editing is an important job.
• Mohan is looking for a job in engineering.

Occupation is a formal word. It means the job done by someone. It is usually used to fill the forms.

Career is a job, done for a long period of one’s life.

• I selected ‘marketing’ as my future career.

Profession is a type of work that needs special education or training.

• He is acting in films but he is a pilot by profession.