adventure vs venture
Definitions
verb
- put at risk
- take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
noun
- a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
Examples
Poor Sulkorig is dead by misadventure, his head broken by the hoof of the Lord Constable's horse.
In 11 volumes published between 1888 and 1894, and many years later widely published in a condensed edition, the narrator's adventures in the London demimonde are narrated in such detail as ultimately to become tiresome rather than titillating.
It likewise furthered the career of Mary Shelley as "The Author of Frankenstein," the rubric under which she continued her anonymous publication with a second novel immersed in medieval Italian history, Valperga: or, The Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca (1823).
Definitions
verb
- proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers
- put at risk
- put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
noun
- an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits
- a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit
- any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
Examples
If the stylist is still alive and well today, it’s only because Ms. Houston hadn’t also tripped over the long train on that gown, but I’d venture a guess that his or her days of working for Whitney are Oh-Oh-Ooooh-Oh-ver.
Poor Sulkorig is dead by misadventure, his head broken by the hoof of the Lord Constable's horse.
In 11 volumes published between 1888 and 1894, and many years later widely published in a condensed edition, the narrator's adventures in the London demimonde are narrated in such detail as ultimately to become tiresome rather than titillating.
