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
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.
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.
Career (noun)
One’s calling in life; a person’s occupation; one’s profession.
Career (noun)
General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part of it.
“Washington’s career as a soldier”
Career (noun)
speed
Career (noun)
A jouster’s path during a joust.
Career (noun)
A short gallop of a horse. 16th-18th c.
Career (noun)
The flight of a hawk.
Career (noun)
A racecourse; the ground run over.
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.”
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.”
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.”
Job (noun)
Plastic surgery.
“He had had a nose job.”
Job (noun)
A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).
Job (noun)
A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
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.
Job (noun)
Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.
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.””
Job (verb)
To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
Job (verb)
To work as a jobber.
Job (verb)
To take the loss.
Job (verb)
To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
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.”
Job (verb)
To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
Job (verb)
To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.
Job (verb)
To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.
Job (verb)
To hire or let in periods of service.
“to job a carriage”
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”
Career (noun)
the time spent by a person in a career
“the end of a distinguished career in the Royal Navy”
Career (noun)
the progress through history of an institution, organization, etc.
“the court has had a chequered career”
Career (noun)
working permanently in or committed to a particular profession
“a career diplomat”
Career (noun)
(of a woman) interested in pursuing a profession rather than devoting all her time to childcare and housekeeping
“a driven career woman”
Career (verb)
move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way
“the coach careered across the road and went through a hedge”