enterprise vs undertaking

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. 

undertaking

noun
  • That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise. 

  • A promise or pledge; a guarantee. 

  • The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals. 

  • The act of one who undertakes (in either sense). 

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