Definitions
- Referring to physical or mental work that requires effort and skill. - Talking about the process of giving birth. - Describing the workforce or the act of working.
- Referring to hard, continuous, and exhausting physical or mental work. - Talking about working tirelessly for a long period of time. - Describing laborious or difficult work that requires great effort.
List of Similarities
- 1Both words refer to hard work that requires effort and energy.
- 2Both can be used to describe physical or mental work.
- 3Both words have negative connotations associated with hard work.
What is the difference?
- 1Intensity: Toil implies a higher level of intensity and exhaustion than labour.
- 2Duration: Toil suggests a longer period of hard work than labour.
- 3Emphasis: Toil emphasizes the difficulty and hardship of the work, while labour focuses more on the effort and skill required.
- 4Connotation: Toil has a more negative connotation than labour, which can have positive connotations associated with skilled work or the process of giving birth.
- 5Usage: Labour is more commonly used in everyday language than toil.
Remember this!
Labour and toil are synonyms that both refer to hard work that requires effort and energy. However, toil implies a higher level of intensity and exhaustion over a longer period of time than labour. Additionally, toil emphasizes the difficulty and hardship of the work, while labour focuses more on the effort and skill required. While both words have negative connotations associated with hard work, labour can have positive connotations associated with skilled work or the process of giving birth.
