The difference between Field and Industry

When used as nouns, field means a land area free of woodland, cities, and towns, whereas industry means the tendency to work persistently. diligence.

Field is also verb with the meaning: to intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.

check bellow for the other definitions of Field and Industry

  1. Field as a noun (usually, plural):

    A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country. The open country near or belonging to a town or city. # An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.

    Examples:

    "There are several species of wild flowers growing in this field."

  2. Field as a noun (geology):

    A wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals. A region containing a particular mineral.

    Examples:

    "There were some cows grazing in a field."

    "A crop circle was made in a corn field."

    "oil field;  gold field'"

  3. Field as a noun (baseball, obsolete):

    A place where competitive matches are carried out. A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield. An area reserved for playing a game or race with one's physical force. # The team in a match that throws the ball and tries to catch it when it is hit by the other team (the bat). # The outfield. A place where competitive matches are carried out with figures, playing field, in a boardgame or in a computer game. A competitive situation, circumstances in which one faces conflicting moves of rivals. All of the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or all except the favourites in the betting.

    Examples:

    "soccer field'"

    "Substitutes are only allowed onto the field after their boots are checked."

    "This racehorse is the strongest in a weak field."

  4. Field as a noun (physics):

    A physical phenomenon (such as force, potential or fluid velocity) that pervades a region; a mathematical model of such a phenomenon that associates each point and time with a scalar, vector or tensor quantity. # The extent of a given perception. # A realm of practical, direct or natural operation, contrasted with an office, classroom, or laboratory. # A domain of study, knowledge or practice. #* {{quote-journal|lang=en|date=2013-05-10|author=Audrey Garric |volume=188|issue=22|page=30|magazine= |title=[http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/04/paris-green-roofs-building-climate-environment Urban canopies let nature bloom] |passage=As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field.}} # An unrestricted or favourable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement. #* |title=The History Of England From the Accession of James II|volume=1|chapter=IV|year=1848|passage=Penn was without doubt a man of eminent virtues. He had a strong sense of religious duty and a fervent desire to promote the happiness of mankind. On one or two points of high importance, he had notions more correct than were, in his day, common even among men of enlarged minds: and as the proprietor and legislator of a province which, being almost uninhabited when it came into his possession, afforded a clear field for moral experiments, he had the rare good fortune of being able to carry his theories into practice without any compromise, and yet without any shock to existing institutions.}} #* |title=The Way We Live Now|year=1875|section=Chap. II|passage=Tidings had reached her of this and the other man's success, and,—coming near to her still,—of this and that other woman's earnings in literature. And it had seemed to her that, within moderate limits, she might give a wide field to her hopes.}} # A commutative ring satisfying the field axioms. A physical or virtual location for the input of information in the form of symbols. # The background of the shield. # The background of the flag. # A concrete section in a form which is supposed to be filled with data. #* [https://www.w3schools.com/php/php_form_required.asp PHP 5 Forms Required Fields] at W3Schools #*: From the validation rules table on the previous page, we see that the "Name", "E-mail", and "Gender" fields are required. These fields cannot be empty and must be filled out in the HTML form. # A component of a database in which a single unit of information is stored. ## An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value, subject to virtual access controls.

    Examples:

    "magnetic field;  gravitational field;  scalar field'"

    "'field of view"

    "The design needs to be field-tested before we commit to manufacture."

    "'Field work traditionally distinguishes true archaeologists from armchair archaeologists."

    "He needs some time in the field before his judgment can be trusted."

    "He was an expert in the field of Chinese history."

    "The set of rational numbers, <math>\mathbb{Q}</math>, is the prototypical field."

    "The form has fields for each element of the customer's home address and ship-to address."

  1. Field as a verb (transitive, sports):

    To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.

  2. Field as a verb (baseball, softball, cricket, and other batting sports):

    To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it.

    Examples:

    "The blue team are fielding first, while the reds are batting."

  3. Field as a verb (transitive, sports):

    To place a team in (a game).

    Examples:

    "The away team fielded two new players and the second-choice goalkeeper."

  4. Field as a verb (transitive):

    To answer; to address.

    Examples:

    "She will field questions immediately after her presentation."

  5. Field as a verb (transitive):

    To defeat.

    Examples:

    "They fielded a fearsome army."

  6. Field as a verb (transitive):

    To execute research (in the field).

    Examples:

    "He fielded the marketing survey about the upcoming product."

  7. Field as a verb (transitive, military):

    To deploy in the field.

  1. Industry as a noun (uncountable):

    The tendency to work persistently. Diligence.

    Examples:

    "Over the years, their industry and business sense made them wealthy."

  2. Industry as a noun (countable, business, economics):

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

    Examples:

    "The software and tourism industries continue to grow, while the steel industry remains troubled."

    "The steel industry has long used [[blast furnace]]s to smelt iron."

  3. Industry as a noun (uncountable, economics):

    Businesses that produce goods as opposed to services.

  4. Industry as a noun (in the singular, economics):

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

    Examples:

    "There used to be a lot of industry around here, but now the economy depends on tourism."

  5. Industry as a noun (European, _, software, _, patent law):

    Automated production of material goods{{cite-web

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  10. Industry as a noun (archaeology):

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

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