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Crowdsourcing vs Outsourcing - What's the difference?

crowdsourcing | outsourcing |

As nouns the difference between crowdsourcing and outsourcing

is that crowdsourcing is delegating a task to a large diffuse group in order to introduce new or more developed skill sets and improve efficiency. There is usually no substantial monetary compensation involved while outsourcing is the transfer of a business function to an external service provider.

As verbs the difference between crowdsourcing and outsourcing

is that crowdsourcing is present participle of crowdsource while outsourcing is present participle of lang=en.

crowdsourcing

English

Noun

(-)
  • (neologism) delegating a task to a large diffuse group in order to introduce new or more developed skill sets and improve efficiency. There is usually no substantial monetary compensation involved.
  • * June 2006 , Jeff Howe, Wired Magazine 14.06, "The Rise of Crowdsourcing" [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.06/crowds.html?pg=4&topic=crowds&topic_set=]:
    • "P&G is one of InnoCentive’s earliest and best customers, but the company works with other crowdsourcing networks as well."
  • * January 2007 , Jessi Hempel, Business Week , "Tapping the Wisdom of the Crowd":
    • "While not a new phenomenon, crowdsourcing is really growing as a business trend."
  • * July 2007 , Twisted, comp.lang.java.programmer:
    • "Costs can be reduced by crowdsourcing more content."

    Verb

    (head)

    • outsourcing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (-)
  • The transfer of a business function to an external service provider

    • Antonyms

    * insourcing

    See also

    * botsourcing * crowdsourcing