Industry vs. Enterprise

Industrynoun

(uncountable) The tendency to work persistently. Diligence.

‘Over the years, their industry and business sense made them wealthy.’;

Enterprisenoun

A company, business, organization, or other purposeful endeavor.

‘The government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) are a group of financial services corporations which have been created by the United States Congress.’; ‘A micro-enterprise is defined as a business having 5 or fewer employees and a low seed capital.’;

Industrynoun

Businesses of the same type, considered as a whole. Trade.

‘The software and tourism industries continue to grow, while the steel industry remains troubled.’; ‘The steel industry has long used blast furnaces to smelt iron.’;

Enterprisenoun

An undertaking, venture, or project, especially a daring and courageous one.

‘Biosphere 2 was a scientific enterprise aimed at the exploration of the complex web of interactions within life systems.’;

Industrynoun

Businesses that produce goods as opposed to services.

Enterprisenoun

A willingness to undertake new or risky projects; energy and initiative.

‘He has shown great enterprise throughout his early career.’;

Industrynoun

The sector of the economy consisting of large-scale enterprises.

‘There used to be a lot of industry around here, but now the economy depends on tourism.’;

Enterprisenoun

An active participation in projects.

Industrynoun

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Enterpriseverb

(intransitive) To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult.

Industrynoun

(archaeology) A typological classification of stone tools, associated with a technocomplex.

Enterpriseverb

(transitive) To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon.

Industrynoun

Habitual diligence in any employment or pursuit, either bodily or mental; steady attention to business; assiduity; - opposed to sloth and idleness; as, industry pays debts, while idleness or despair will increase them.

‘We are more industrious than our forefathers, because in the present times the funds destined for the maintenance of industry are much greater in proportion to those which are likely to be employed in the maintenance of idleness, than they were two or three centuries ago.’;

Enterpriseverb

(transitive) To treat with hospitality; to entertain.

Industrynoun

Any department or branch of art, occupation, or business; especially, one which employs much labor and capital and is a distinct branch of trade; as, the sugar industry; the iron industry; the cotton industry.

Enterprisenoun

That which is undertaken; something attempted to be performed; a work projected which involves activity, courage, energy, and the like; a bold, arduous, or hazardous attempt; an undertaking; as, a manly enterprise; a warlike enterprise.

‘Their hands can not perform their enterprise.’;

Industrynoun

Human exertion of any kind employed for the creation of value, and regarded by some as a species of capital or wealth; labor.

Enterprisenoun

Willingness or eagerness to engage in labor which requires boldness, promptness, energy, and like qualities; as, a man of great enterprise.

Industrynoun

the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise;

‘each industry has its own trade publications’;

Enterpriseverb

To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon.

‘The business must be enterprised this night.’; ‘What would I not renounce or enterprise for you!’;

Industrynoun

the organized action of making of goods and services for sale;

‘American industry is making increased use of computers to control production’;

Enterpriseverb

To treat with hospitality; to entertain.

‘Him at the threshold met, and well did enterprise.’;

Industrynoun

persevering determination to perform a task;

‘his diligence won him quick promotions’; ‘frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues’;

Enterpriseverb

To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult.

Industrynoun

economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories

‘new investment incentives for British industry’;

Enterprisenoun

a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness);

‘he had doubts about the whole enterprise’;

Industrynoun

a particular form or branch of economic or commercial activity

‘the car industry’;

Enterprisenoun

an organization created for business ventures;

‘a growing enterprise must have a bold leader’;

Industrynoun

an activity or domain in which a great deal of effort is expended

‘the Shakespeare industry’;

Enterprisenoun

readiness to embark on bold new ventures

Industrynoun

hard work

‘the kitchen became a hive of industry’;

Enterprisenoun

a project or undertaking, especially a bold or complex one

‘a joint enterprise between French and Japanese companies’;

Enterprisenoun

initiative and resourcefulness

‘success came quickly, thanks to a mixture of talent, enterprise, and luck’;

Enterprisenoun

a business or company

‘a state-owned enterprise’;

Enterprisenoun

entrepreneurial economic activity

‘an economic environment which encourages enterprise’; ‘local enterprise agencies’;