firm vs business

business vs firm

firm and business both are nouns.

firm is an adjective but business is not an adjective.

firm is a verb but business is not a verb.

firm is an adverb but business is not an adverb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
firm	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
business	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, business is a hypernym of firm; that is, business is a word with a broader meaning than firm:

firm: the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
business: a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it

Other hypernyms of firm include business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern.

firm (noun)	business (noun)
the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments	the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
	the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
	the volume of commercial activity
	incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect
	an immediate objective
	a rightful concern or responsibility
	a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
	customers collectively
	business concerns collectively

firm (adjective)	business (adjective)
unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause
securely fixed in place
strong and sure
not soft or yielding to pressure
possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue
marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
securely established
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

firm (verb)	business (verb)
become taut or tauter
make taut or tauter

firm (adverb)	business (adverb)
with resolute determination

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