[General] "paying job" vs. "paid job"

[angelsrolls]

What is the difference between "paying job" and "paid job"?

Many thanks in advance

 

[canadian45]

What is the difference between "paying job" The person gets paid for working.

"paid job" Without context, this term has no clear meaning.

Many thanks in advance

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[Tarheel]

I suppose a paid job could be a job I had gotten paid for. A paying job is, as noted earlier, a job that you work at for pay.

(Don't thank me in advance. I give terrible advice.)

 

[teachforgood]

I haven't heard of this usage before. Usually it is salaried job or voluntary job.

 

[konungursvia]

To me, paid job sounds like a one-off, like a translation for which you get a negotiated amount, while paying job sounds like something ongoing.

 

[angelsrolls]

For example;

I am a person with a paying job. (=I am an employer)
I am a person with a paid job. (=I am an employee)

Am I right? (if the sentences above are correct)

 

[Barb_D]

For example;

I am a person with a paying job. (=I am an employer)
I am a person with a paid job. (=I am an employee)

Am I right? (if the sentences above are correct)

No, that's not right at all.
I can see why you would think that - I am worrying you = I am causing you sorry/I am worrired = I am the person who is experiencing worry.
But this does not translate to this.

I have a paying job = I receive money for my work. It's not volunteer work. It's not an unpaid internship. The job [the employer] is paying me money to do this work.

As you have seen in this thread, "I have a paid job" is not natural.

On the other hand, for my writing, sometimes I do things for people just to help them, not for money. It's possible that I may have a conversation like this:
A: What did you do last night?
me: I was working on a writing project.
A: Oh, helping someone out again?
me: No, it was a paid job. A little one, only $50, but worth the time spent.
*** It would be just as natural to say "It was a paying job" but as it was a one-time, quick job, "paid" works here for me. **

 

[angelsrolls]

For example;

I am a person with a paying job. (=I am an employer)
I am a person with a paid job. (=I am an employee)

Am I right? (if the sentences above are correct)

Below is what makes me think like that:

Scene 1:
A: I'm Rogers Brackett.
B: Oh, God. The director?
A: A mutual friend tells me that you're enormously talented.
B: Yeah, I guess.
A: I know of something that you just might be right for. A TV drama. It's a very good role. So... would you like to audition?
B: Yeah, sure.
A:There's a party at my place tonight. How would you feel about stopping by? We could chat about the project. There'll be some interesting men there.
B: Yeah, that sounds like a ball.
A: Here's my card. Why don't you come by late? Say midnight?
B: Yeah, midnight. That... Perfect.
A: Good. See you later.
B: Right on.
C: That man's a class-A faygalah, you know that, right?
B: Yeah, the man's a class-A faygalah with a paying job.

Scene 2:
C: Raise your glasses. I'd like to make a toast to James Dean who's just achieved what we all aspire to. Paid work!

It should've be "paid work". My mistake. Sorry about that. And I know I'm asking too many questions. Please make allowance for my being a non-native speaker.

My question is in a context such as this does "paying job & paid work" have anything to do with "steady job & one-time job for money"? I mean, can we say paying job refers to being a director and paid work to one-time acting in a TV drama.

 

[Tarheel]

My question is in a context such as this does "paying job & paid work" have anything to do with "steady job & one-time job for money"? I mean, can we say paying job refers to being a director and paid work to one-time acting in a TV drama.

Well, a director gets paid for each project (each movie he or she directs), so I don't know if that is an apt comparison. However, it is certainly true that a "big time" director can count on work more so than an aspiring actor (somebody who is looking for his or her first job).

 

[Barb_D]

Okay, in that case, you can say "he has a paying job" to mean "He is in a position to offer someone else employment." He is "in possession" of a paying job that he can give someone else.

But that's not a very common way to use the phrase.