Apart from 働く being a verb, and 仕事 being a (suru) noun, what is the difference
between the two?
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What's the difference between 仕事 and 働く?
Not much. You can see it as "working" and "doing your job" in English.

There are quite a few of those, just like in English.

> 話す->talk  
>  話+する->have a talk
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They(仕事する and 働く) mean "to work in a company or as a one-person operation" and
also "to do something".

However 働く has some meanings besides like 作用する(act on). For example,
地球では重力が働く(Gravity acts on the earth)
<http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/176758/meaning/m0u/%E5%83%8D%E3%81%8F/>
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As you see the Japanese word "働く" consists of the Chinese character "働" and
Japanese character, Hiragana "く." On the other hand, "仕事" consists of two
Chinese characters. You can almost always use both words for the same
situation.

"I hate working on Sundays."

Correct: "日曜日に働くのは嫌だ"

Correct: "日曜日に仕事するのは嫌だ", "日曜日の仕事は嫌だ"

However there is a slight difference between the two words. A word consisting
of a Chinese character and a Japanese character Hiragana gives us a soft
impression. So if you give a title for the TV program for children about the
vehicles like cement mixer truck, Fire Truck, Police Car and Ambulance, etc.
In this case "働くくるま" is a little bit better than "仕事のくるま." There is almost
slight difference but when you come right down to it "働く" is rather casual and
"仕事" is rather formal.
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Putting parts of speech problem aside, 働く stands for "labor", the activity you
put some effort to do something, while 仕事 is "job", or what you put your
effort to do. Both are common words and applicable when you describe people
working at office.

It's not so easy to find situations only either one makes sense because the
two are usually pairing up, but for example:

> ○ 百人力の働き  
>  × 百人力の仕事

百人力 means "100-people worth of power" or "Herculean strength" (not Herculean
_task_ ) to express how you are efficient to get works over with. It can only
modify 働き and not 仕事, because the job is the same job.

> × 急な働き  
>  ○ 急な仕事

急 means "sudden, urgent". What comes suddenly isn't your performance but the
task.

Below listed some extra definitions each word particularly have, for your
information:

  * 働く: to commit (a crime), to function
  * 働き: function, performance
  * 仕事: profession, work (of physics)
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