enterprise vs piece of work

enterprise

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

  • Active participation in projects. 

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

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

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. 

piece of work

noun
  • A product or manufactured article, especially an item of art or craft. 

  • A person who has a strong and unusual personality, especially one with seriously unpleasant character flaws (e.g. a nasty piece of work). (This sense came about due to Hamlet’s soliloquy (see sense 1 above)). 

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