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Joint vs Venture - What's the difference?

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In transitive terms the difference between joint and venture

is that joint is to separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat while venture is to say something.

In intransitive terms the difference between joint and venture

is that joint is to fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do while venture is to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success. Used with at or on

As an adjective joint

is done by two or more people or organisations working together.

joint

English

(wikipedia joint)

Adjective

(-)
  • Done by two or more people or organisations working together.
    • The play was a joint production between the two companies.
  • * Shakespeare
    • A joint burden laid upon us all.

    Derived terms

    * joint effort * joint venture * joint-stock company * joint will

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate.
    • This rod is free to swing at the joint with the platform.
  • The point where two components of a structure join rigidly.
    • The water is leaking out of the joint between the two pipes.
  • (anatomy) Any part of the body where two bones join, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened.
  • The means of securing together the meeting surfaces of components of a structure.
    • The dovetail joint , while more difficult to make, is also quite strong.
  • A cut of meat.
    • Set the joint in a roasting tin and roast for the calculated cooking time.
  • The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations.
    • a joint''' of cane or of a grass stem; a '''joint of the leg
  • (geology) A fracture in which the strata are not offset; a geologic joint.
  • A restaurant, bar, nightclub or similar business.
    • It was the kind of joint you wouldn't want your boss to see you in.
  • (slang) (always with "the" ) prison
    • I'm just trying to stay out of the joint .
  • (slang) A marijuana cigarette.
    • After locking the door and closing the shades, they lit the joint .

    Synonyms

    * hinge, pivot * (marijuana cigarette) See also

    Derived terms

    * case the joint * dovetail joint * flexible joint * miter joint * jointed * out of joint * rigid joint * universal joint * control joint * butt joint

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together
    • to joint' boards, a ' jointing plane
  • * (rfdate), (Alexander Pope)
    • Pierced through the yielding planks of jointed wood.
  • * '>citation
  • To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
  • * (rfdate), (William Shakespeare)
    • Jointing their force 'gainst Caesar.
  • To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
  • * (rfdate) (Ray)
    • The fingers are jointed together for motion.
  • To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.
  • * (rfdate) (Dryden)
    • He joints the neck.
  • * (rfdate) (Holland)
    • Quartering, jointing , seething, and roasting.
  • To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do.
    • the stones joint , neatly.

    References

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    venture

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A risky or daring undertaking or journey.
  • * 1881 , Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island . Chapter 4.
    • My heart was beating finely when we two set forth in the cold night upon this dangerous venture .
  • An event that is not, or cannot be, foreseen; an accident; chance; contingency.
    • (Francis Bacon)
  • The thing risked; a stake; especially, something sent to sea in trade.
  • * Shakespeare
    • My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.

    Verb

    (ventur)
  • To undertake a risky or daring journey.
  • * J. Dryden, Jr.
    • who freights a ship to venture on the seas
  • To risk or offer.
    • to venture funds
    to venture a guess
  • * Shakespeare
    • I am afraid; and yet I'll venture it.
  • * 1922 , (James Joyce), Chapter 13
    • Till then they had only exchanged glances of the most casual but now under the brim of her new hat she ventured a look at him and the face that met her gaze there in the twilight, wan and strangely drawn, seemed to her the saddest she had ever seen.
  • to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success. Used with at'' or ''on
  • To put or send on a venture or chance.
    • to venture a horse to the West Indies
  • To confide in; to rely on; to trust.
  • * Addison
    • A man would be well enough pleased to buy silks of one whom he would not venture to feel his pulse.
  • To say something.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "venture")

    Derived terms

    * venture capital

    Related terms

    * venturesome * venturous

    External links

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