industry vs outfit

industry

noun
  • Businesses of the same type, considered as a whole. Trade. 

  • The sector of the economy consisting of large-scale enterprises. 

  • The tendency to work persistently. Diligence. 

  • Businesses that produce goods as opposed to services. 

  • Automated production of material goods. 

  • A typological classification of stone tools, associated with a technocomplex. 

outfit

noun
  • A business or firm. 

  • Any cohesive group of people; a unit; such as a military company. 

  • A set of clothing (with accessories). 

  • A fiscal year of the Hudson's Bay Company, or the supplies required for such a period. 

  • An outlier-sensitive fit. 

  • Gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose. 

  • A sports team. 

verb
  • To provide with, usually for a specific purpose. 

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