Play and Work

Play and Work

Play is an instinctive physical activity which demonstrates spontaneous overflow of exuberant energy and work is a careful selected activity done for a spectral purpose. Although both play an work refer to physical activities, they are obviously different from each other in several respects. First, play is an aimless active engaged in for its own sake. It has no ulterior goal or end. On the other hand, work is a kind of serious activity deliberately done for some benefit. It is always useful for an individual or society. Secondly, play is always aesthetic. Its only goal is mental joy and satisfaction. On the contrary, work has a materialistic goal. People usually work to earn money. There is, however, no clear difference between play and work. The same activity may be called play or work depending on its purpose. If we do anything only for pleasure, it is play. But if we do that very activity for any monetary gain, it will be called work. While play has pleasure in itself, work brings pleasure after its successful accomplishment. The reward of play is play itself, whereas the reward of work may come -in the form of some other tangible benefit. Play is both a means and an end but work works as only a means to some other end. These are the dissimilarities between play and work.