Enterprise vs. Firm — What's the Difference?

A project or undertaking, especially a bold or complex one

Having a solid, almost unyielding surface or structure

A business or company

Strongly felt and unlikely to change

An undertaking, especially one of some scope, complication, and risk.

Make more solid or resilient

A business organization.

In a resolute and determined manner

Industrious, systematic activity, especially when directed toward profit

A business concern, especially one involving a partnership of two or more people

Willingness to undertake new ventures; initiative

Resistant to externally applied pressure.

A company, business, organization, or other purposeful endeavor.

Marked by or indicating the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue

An undertaking, venture, or project, especially a daring and courageous one.

Securely fixed in place

(uncountable) A willingness to undertake new or risky projects; energy and initiative.

Indicating or possessed of determination or resolution

(uncountable) Active participation in projects. en

Constant; steadfast

(intransitive) To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult.

Not subject to change; fixed and definite

(transitive) To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon.

Unfluctuating; steady

(transitive) To treat with hospitality; to entertain.

Strong and sure

That which is undertaken; something attempted to be performed; a work projected which involves activity, courage, energy, and the like; a bold, arduous, or hazardous attempt; an undertaking; as, a manly enterprise; a warlike enterprise.

To make or become firm. Often used with up.

Willingness or eagerness to engage in labor which requires boldness, promptness, energy, and like qualities; as, a man of great enterprise.

Without wavering; resolutely

To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon.

A business enterprise.

To treat with hospitality; to entertain.

An unincorporated business, particularly a partnership.

To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult.

The name or designation under which a company transacts business.

A purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness);

A business partnership; the name under which it trades.

An organization created for business ventures;

A business enterprise, however organized.

Readiness to embark on bold new ventures

(slang) A criminal gang, especially based around football hooliganism.

Steadfast, secure, solid (in position)

Fixed (in opinion).

Insistent upon something, not accepting dissent.

Durable, rigid (material state)

Firmly, steadily

(transitive) To make firm or strong; fix securely.

(transitive) To make compact or resistant to pressure; solidify.

(intransitive) To become firm; stabilise.

(intransitive) To improve after decline.

To shorten (of betting odds).

To select (a higher education institution) as one's preferred choice, so as to enrol automatically if one's grades match the conditional offer.

Fixed; hence, closely compressed; compact; substantial; hard; solid; - applied to the matter of bodies; as, firm flesh; firm muscles, firm wood.

Not easily excited or disturbed; unchanging in purpose; fixed; steady; constant; stable; unshaken; not easily changed in feelings or will; strong; as, a firm believer; a firm friend; a firm adherent.

Solid; - opposed to fluid; as, firm land.

Indicating firmness; as, a firm tread; a firm countenance.

The name, title, or style, under which a company transacts business; a partnership of two or more persons; a commercial house; as, the firm of Hope & Co.

To fix; to settle; to confirm; to establish.

To fix or direct with firmness.

Members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments;

Become taut or tauter;

Make taut or tauter;

Marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable;

Not soft or yielding to pressure;

Strong and sure;

Not subject to revision or change;

(of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling;

Not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall;

Securely established;

Marked by the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue;

Pleasingly firm and fresh and making a crunching noise when chewed;

Securely fixed in place;

Unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause;

With resolute determination;