[교육/영어] a job vs work

job과 work 단어 구분 사실 정확히 모르고 헷갈리게 사용하는 경우가 많았다.

아래 글을 보니... 이렇게 구분하는구나. 이해하고 생각하지만

정작 사용하려고 해보면 또 헷갈릴 때가 생긴다.

그래도 job 가산 명사에 역할/지위 같은 것에 사용된다는 것.

work는 동사이고 불가산명사, 그리고 행위나 노력에 사용되거나  

일을하는 사무실, 회사를 의미한다는 것. 

몇가지 배웠으니 정확하게 구분지어 사용하지 못 할 때도 있지만

지금까지 보다는 좀 더 구별해서 사용할 수 있을 것 같다.

a job vs work

A job is countable noun and generally refers to a specific role/position.

"Personally, I love my job. What about you? Do you love your job?"

"I'm not working at the moment but I'm applying for a lot of jobs"

"Guess what! I've found a job as a teacher in a summer school!"

"Raquel is working in an opticians now. She absolutely loves her job."

following sentences is not correct.

X "I've found a work..."  "I have a work"

Work is a verb and an uncountable noun and refers to activities/effort.

"I can't go out tonight because I'm working tomorrow."

"I love my job but I have a lot of work to do every day."

"I really admire your work. You're such a talented artist."

"Since the crisis hit Greece it's been hard to find work."

In another sense work can mean the place/company where your job is located.

"Where's John?" - "He's at work. He'll be home later."

"Is that the time? Oh no! I'm going to be late for work."

"I finish work at 5 p.m on Mondays and 6 p.m every other day."

"David, I'm at work so I can't talk to you now. I'll call you on my break, OK?"

출처: American English at State