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Enterprise vs Execution - What's the difference?

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Enterprise is a related term of execution.


As nouns the difference between enterprise and execution

is that enterprise is a company, business, organization, or other purposeful endeavor while execution is execution.

As a verb enterprise

is to undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult.

enterprise

English

(wikipedia enterprise)

Alternative forms

* enterprize (chiefly archaic) * entreprise (chiefly archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A company, business, organization, or other purposeful endeavor.
    • The (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.
  • An undertaking 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.
  • A willingness to undertake new or risky projects; energy and initiative.
    • He has shown great enterprise throughout his early career.
  • an active participation in projects

    • Synonyms

    * initiative

    Derived terms

    * enterprising * commercial enterprise * scientific enterprise

    Verb

    (enterpris)
  • To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult.
    • (Alexander Pope)
  • To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon.
  • * Dryden
    • The business must be enterprised this night.
  • * T. Otway
    • What would I not renounce or enterprise for you!
  • To treat with hospitality; to entertain.
  • * Spenser
    • Him at the threshold met, and well did enterprise .
    (Webster 1913)

    execution

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances).
  • *
  • The state of being executed (accomplished).
    • The battle plan was successfully executed .
  • The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated.
  • (legal) The carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will.
  • (legal) The formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect.
  • (computing) The carrying out of an instruction, program or program segment by a computer.
    • The entire machine slowed down during the execution of the virus checker .
    Whenever the matrix inversion function executed the program crashed.

    Derived terms

    * execution style * posthumous execution

    Related terms

    * execute * executioner * executive * executor

    Hyponyms

    * (penalty of death) crucifixion, electrocution, hanging, lethal injection

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