Difference between Labour and Manpower

What is the difference between Labour and Manpower?

Labour as a noun is effort expended on a particular task; toil, work. while Manpower as a noun is the total number of all available workers; the workforce.

Labour

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To toil, to work. To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work. Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour. A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour. The act of a mother giving birth The time period during which a mother gives birth.

Manpower

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The total number of all available workers; the workforce.The power exerted by a single person (analogous to horsepower.)

We hope you now know whether to use Labour or Manpower in your sentence.

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