Industry vs. Commerce
Industrynoun
(uncountable) The tendency to work persistently. Diligence.
Industrynoun
Businesses of the same type, considered as a whole. Trade.
Industrynoun
Businesses that produce goods as opposed to services.
Industrynoun
The sector of the economy consisting of large-scale enterprises.
Industrynoun
Automated production of material goods{{cite-web
Industrynoun
(archaeology) A typological classification of stone tools, associated with a technocomplex.
Industrynoun
Habitual diligence in any employment or pursuit, either bodily or mental; steady attention to business; assiduity; - opposed to sloth and idleness; as, industry pays debts, while idleness or despair will increase them.
Industrynoun
Any department or branch of art, occupation, or business; especially, one which employs much labor and capital and is a distinct branch of trade; as, the sugar industry; the iron industry; the cotton industry.
Industrynoun
Human exertion of any kind employed for the creation of value, and regarded by some as a species of capital or wealth; labor.
Industrynoun
the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise;
Industrynoun
the organized action of making of goods and services for sale;
Industrynoun
persevering determination to perform a task;
Industrynoun
economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories
Industrynoun
a particular form or branch of economic or commercial activity
Industrynoun
an activity or domain in which a great deal of effort is expended
Industrynoun
hard work
Commercenoun
(business) The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; especially the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.
Commercenoun
Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.
Commercenoun
(obsolete) Sexual intercourse.
Commercenoun
A 19th-century French card game in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.
Commerceverb
To carry on trade; to traffic.
Commerceverb
To hold intercourse; to commune.
Commercenoun
The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; esp. the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.
Commercenoun
Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.
Commercenoun
Sexual intercourse.
Commercenoun
A round game at cards, in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.
Commerceverb
To carry on trade; to traffic.
Commerceverb
To hold intercourse; to commune.
Commercenoun
transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
Commercenoun
the United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office); created in 1913
Commercenoun
social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc.
Commerce
Commerce is the exchange of goods and services, especially on a large scale.
