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Entrepreneur vs Likelihood - What's the difference?

entrepreneur | likelihood |

As nouns the difference between entrepreneur and likelihood

is that entrepreneur is a person who organizes and operates a business venture and assumes much of the associated risk while likelihood is the probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state of being probable.

entrepreneur

English

(wikipedia entrepreneur)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who organizes and operates a business venture and assumes much of the associated risk.
  • A person who organizes a risky activity of any kind and acts substantially in the manner of a business entrepreneur.
  • A person who thrives for success and takes on risk by starting his own venture, service etc

    • Related terms

    * entrepreneuring * entrepreneurship * entrepreneurialism * entrepreneurial * entrepreneurially * intrapreneur

    likelihood

    English

    Noun

    (Likelihood function)
  • The probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state of being probable.
    • In all likelihood the meeting will be cancelled.
    The likelihood is that the inflation rate will continue to rise.
  • (statistics) The probability that some fixed outcome was generated by a random distribution with a specific parameter.
  • Likeness, resemblance.
    • "There is no likelihood between pure light and black darkness, or between righteousness and reprobation." (Sir W. Raleigh)
  • (archaic) Appearance, show, sign, expression.
    • "What of his heart perceive you in his face by any likelihood he showed to-day ?" (Shak)

    Synonyms

    * likeliness * odds

    Antonyms

    * unlikelihood