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Startup vs Beginning - What's the difference?

startup | beginning |

As nouns the difference between startup and beginning

is that startup is the act or process of starting a process or machine or startup can be a kind of high-low or thigh-high boot worn by rustic people while beginning is (uncountable) the act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.

As a verb beginning is

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As an adjective beginning is

(informal) of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.

startup

English

(wikipedia startup)

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

* (alter)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or process of starting a process or machine.
  • A new organization or business venture.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The attack of the MOOCs , passage=Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.}}
    Antonyms
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    Etymology 2

    , describing a boot that starts up (reaches up) to the middle of the leg.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a kind of high-low or thigh-high boot worn by rustic people
  • a kind of gaiter or legging

    • Anagrams

    *

    References

    *

    beginning

    English

    Alternative forms

    * begynnynge (obsolete)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
  • That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
  • That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.
  • The initial portion of some extended thing.
    • The author describes the protagonist's youth in the beginning of the story
    The house you want is down at the beginning of the street

    Synonyms

    * (act of doing that which begins anything) commencing, start, starting * element, embryo, rudiment * (that which begins or originates something) origin, source, start, commencement * (initial portion of some extended thing) head, start

    Antonyms

    * (act of doing that which begins anything) conclusion, end

    Derived terms

    * a good beginning makes a good ending * beginning of day * in the beginning

    Verb

    (head)
  • * , chapter=7
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning ; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (informal) Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.
    • in the beginning paragraph of the chapter
    in the beginning section of the course

    Synonyms

    * first * initial

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