The difference between Industry and Sector

When used as nouns, industry means the tendency to work persistently. diligence, whereas sector means section.

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  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.

  1. Sector as a noun:

    section

  2. Sector as a noun:

    zone (designated area).

  3. Sector as a noun (geometry):

    part of a circle, extending to the center

  4. Sector as a noun (computing):

    fixed-sized unit (traditionally 512 bytes) of sequential data stored on a track of a digital medium (compare to block)

  5. Sector as a noun (military):

    an area designated by boundaries within which a unit operates, and for which it is responsible

  6. Sector as a noun (military):

    one of the subdivisions of a coastal frontier

  7. Sector as a noun (science fiction):

    a fictional region of space designated for navigational or governance purposes.

  8. Sector as a noun (calculation):

    an instrument consisting of two rulers of equal length joined by a hinge.

  9. Sector as a noun:

    a field of economic activity

    Examples:

    "public sector; private sector'"

  10. Sector as a noun (engineering):

    A toothed gear whose face is the arc of a circle.

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