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Entrepreneur vs Visionary - What's the difference?

entrepreneur | visionary |

As nouns the difference between entrepreneur and visionary

is that entrepreneur is a person who organizes and operates a business venture and assumes much of the associated risk while visionary is someone who has visions; a seer.

As an adjective visionary is

having vision or foresight.

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

    visionary

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • having vision or foresight
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Or lull to rest the visionary maid.
  • imaginary or illusory
  • prophetic or revelatory
  • * Thomson
    • The visionary hour / When musing midnight reigns.
  • idealistic or utopian
    • a visionary scheme or project
    (Jonathan Swift)

    Noun

    (visionaries)
  • someone who has visions; a seer
  • an impractical dreamer
  • someone who has positive ideas about the future