- work at, work on - to exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something; "the child worked at the multiplication table until she had it down cold"
--1 is one way to work
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- work, work on, process - shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal"
--2 is one way to transform, transmute, transubstantiate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something