Main Difference
The main difference between Career and Job is that the Career is a course or progress through life and Job is a role of a person in a society
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Career
A career is an individual’s metaphorical “journey” through learning, work and other aspects of life. There are a number of ways to define career and the term is used in a variety of ways.
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Job
A job, or occupation, is a person’s role in society. More specifically, a job is an activity, often regular and often performed in exchange for payment (“for a living”). Many people have multiple jobs (e.g., parent, homemaker, and employee). A person can begin a job by becoming an employee, volunteering, starting a business, or becoming a parent. The duration of a job may range from temporary (e.g., hourly odd jobs) to a lifetime (e.g., judges).
An activity that requires a person’s mental or physical effort is work (as in “a day’s work”). If a person is trained for a certain type of job, they may have a profession. Typically, a job would be a subset of someone’s career. The two may differ in that one usually retires from their career, versus resignation or termination from a job.
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Career (noun)
One’s calling in life; a person’s occupation; one’s profession.
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Career (noun)
General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part of it.
“Washington’s career as a soldier”
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Career (noun)
speed
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Career (noun)
A jouster’s path during a joust.
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Career (noun)
A short gallop of a horse. 16th-18th c.
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Career (noun)
The flight of a hawk.
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Career (noun)
A racecourse; the ground run over.
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Career (verb)
To move rapidly straight ahead, especially in an uncontrolled way.
“The car careered down the road, missed the curve, and went through a hedge.”
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Job (noun)
A task.
“I’ve got a job for you – could you wash the dishes?”
“A job half done is hardly done at all.”
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Job (noun)
An economic role for which a person is paid.
“That surgeon has a great job.”
“He’s been out of a job since being made redundant in January.”
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Job (noun)
Plastic surgery.
“He had had a nose job.”
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Job (noun)
A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).
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Job (noun)
A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
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Job (noun)
A public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private gain; a corrupt official business.
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Job (noun)
Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.
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Job (noun)
A thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall).
“Pass me that little job with the screw thread on it.””
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Job (verb)
To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
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Job (verb)
To work as a jobber.
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Job (verb)
To take the loss.
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Job (verb)
To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
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Job (verb)
To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.
“We wanted to sell a turnkey plant, but they jobbed out the contract to small firms.”
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Job (verb)
To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
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Job (verb)
To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.
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Job (verb)
To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.
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Job (verb)
To hire or let in periods of service.
“to job a carriage”
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Career (noun)
an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person’s life and with opportunities for progress
“he seemed destined for a career as an engineer like his father”
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Career (noun)
the time spent by a person in a career
“the end of a distinguished career in the Royal Navy”
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Career (noun)
the progress through history of an institution, organization, etc.
“the court has had a chequered career”
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Career (noun)
working permanently in or committed to a particular profession
“a career diplomat”
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Career (noun)
(of a woman) interested in pursuing a profession rather than devoting all her time to childcare and housekeeping
“a driven career woman”
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Career (verb)
move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way
“the coach careered across the road and went through a hedge”