firm vs business concern

business concern vs firm

firm and business concern both are nouns.

firm is an adjective but business concern is not an adjective.

firm is a verb but business concern is not a verb.

firm is an adverb but business concern is not an adverb.

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

As nouns, business concern is a hypernym of firm; that is, business concern 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 concern: a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it

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

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

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

firm (adverb)	business concern (adverb)
with resolute determination

Difference between firm and business concern

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