overwork - overtime

overwork - overtime
'overwork'
If you are suffering from overwork, you are working too hard and exhausting yourself.

Most people believed that Stephen's illness was due to overwork.

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'overtime'
If you do overtime or work overtime, you work for longer than your fixed working hours, often for extra pay.

I don't do overtime straight after a full shift.

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