Workings vs. Working: What's the Difference?
Workings and Working Definitions
Workings
Performing work
A working committee.
Working
Performing work
A working committee.
Workings
Operating or functioning as required
A working flashlight.
Working
Operating or functioning as required
A working flashlight.
Workings
Having a paying job; employed
Working mothers.
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Working
Having a paying job; employed
Working mothers.
Workings
Spent at work
A working life of 40 years.
Working
Spent at work
A working life of 40 years.
Workings
Taken while continuing to work
A working vacation.
Working
Taken while continuing to work
A working vacation.
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Workings
Sufficient to allow action
A working majority.
Working
Sufficient to allow action
A working majority.
Workings
Adequate for practical use
A working knowledge of Spanish.
Working
Adequate for practical use
A working knowledge of Spanish.
Workings
Serving as a basis or guide for further work
A working hypothesis.
Working
Serving as a basis or guide for further work
A working hypothesis.
Workings
The manner in which something operates or functions
The workings of the mind.
Working
The manner in which something operates or functions
The workings of the mind.
Workings
The parts of a mine or quarry that have been or are being excavated.
Working
The parts of a mine or quarry that have been or are being excavated.
Workings
Plural of working.
Working
Operation; action.
Workings
The internal mechanism of some device or system.
Working
Method of operation.
Workings
The parts of a quarry or mine that are being (or has been) worked.
Working
(arithmetic) The incidental or subsidiary calculations performed in solving an overall problem.
Be sure to check your working.
Workings
The internal mechanism of a device
Working
Fermentation.
Workings
A mine or quarry that is being or has been worked
Working
(of bodies of water) Becoming full of a vegetable substance.
Working
A place where work is carried on.
The abandoned mine workings
Working
(countable) A train movement.
Working
Present participle of work
Leave him alone; he’s working.
Working
That is or are functioning.
A working ventilator
Working
That suffices but requires additional work.
A working copy of the script
Working
In paid employment.
Working mothers
Working
Of or relating to employment.
The working week
Working
Enough to allow one to use something.
Working
Used in real life; practical.
The working minimum focus distance is the distance from the closest focusable subject to the lens.
Working
(obsolete) Efficacious.
Working
A mine or quarry that is being or has been worked
Working
Actively engaged in paid work;
The working population
The ratio of working men to unemployed
A working mother
Robots can be on the job day and night
Working
Adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something;
The party has a working majority in the House
A working knowledge of Spanish
Working
Adopted as a temporary basis for further work;
A working draft
A working hypothesis
Working
(of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing;
In running (or working) order
A functional set of brakes
Working
Serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity;
Discussed the working draft of a peace treaty
They need working agreements with their neighbor states on interstate projects
