enterprise vs task

enterprise

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

  • Active participation in projects. 

  • A willingness to undertake new or risky projects; energy and initiative. 

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

verb
  • To treat with hospitality; to entertain. 

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

  • To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult. 

task

noun
  • A difficult or tedious undertaking. 

  • Any piece of work done. 

  • A process or execution of a program. 

  • An objective. 

  • A piece of work done as part of one’s duties. 

verb
  • To charge, as with a fault. 

  • To assign a task to, or impose a task on. 

  • To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax 

How often have the words enterprise and task occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )