Crowdsource vs Outsource - What's the difference?
crowdsource | outsource |
to delegate a task to a large, diffuse group
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(chiefly, US, business, management) To transfer the management and/or day-to-day execution of a business function to a third-party service provider.
As verbs the difference between crowdsource and outsource
is that crowdsource is to delegate a task to a large, diffuse group while outsource is (chiefly|us|business|management) to transfer the management and/or day-to-day execution of a business function to a third-party service provider.crowdsource
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Verb
(crowdsourc)citation
outsource
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(Outsourcing)Verb
(outsourc)- They decided to outsource the design and manufacture of the system to a vendor.
