What's the difference between risky and venture?

Risky


Definition:

  • (a.) Attended with risk or danger; hazardous.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The first is risky in many instances and may allow an ac-ive cancer to get out of control.
  • (2) As part of the plan, the treasury and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation will guarantee against the "possibility of unusually large losses" on up to $306bn of risky loans and securities backed by commercial and residential mortgages.
  • (3) Until that point, Bravo had looked assured, often straying 30 yards off his goal-line and confident enough to try a couple of passes that many goalkeepers would consider too risky.
  • (4) The 140-year-old mutual, the UK's 12th largest building society, will confirm that it lost £26m last year after risky investments in the property market.
  • (5) He said he'd always been a risky driver and told me a story about arguing with Esther and Bella Freud's mother, Bernadine Coverley, in the car, and putting his foot down and accelerating without looking "just to make a point.
  • (6) That is an awkward, indeed risky, time to be contemplating takeoff.
  • (7) Towbacks, turnbacks are risky, they’re dangerous and they’re illegal.
  • (8) The lender will also have to take a 5% hit, to ensure it does not indulge in offering risky loans.
  • (9) The more contemporary you go, the more risky the drama.
  • (10) Even at this much lower price, it is a risky investment."
  • (11) Genevieve Edwards, executive director of communication and health improvement for THT, says the cut is short-sighted and risky.
  • (12) A small percentage of our population however uses self medication in a risky and uncritical way.
  • (13) David Holmes, chief executive of the British Association for Adoption and Fostering, warned yesterday that inter-cultural adoptions were risky.
  • (14) A government-backed review recommended that some of the best-paid bank staff, who are currently shielded from scrutiny, should be included in annual reports as part of a wide range of measures designed to discourage risky behaviour.
  • (15) Three out of four psychiatrists said that the inadequacy of child and adolescent mental health crisis services meant that the young person’s mental state could deteriorate further, while 71% said it resulted in an increased chance of risky behaviour, including impulsive behaviour or aggression to others.
  • (16) He added: "The levy has been designed to encourage less risky funding and complements the wider agenda to improve regulatory standards and enhance financial stability.
  • (17) Interventions are needed to assist drug abusers in reducing risky drug and sexual behavior.
  • (18) Percutaneous muscle biopsy offers certain advantages over the open technique: it can be performed in an outpatient clinic or as day surgery, usually with a local anesthetic for children greater than 12 years of age, and thus is less costly, more efficient, and less risky.
  • (19) By doing risky things, we are toughening ourselves up for a dangerous world.
  • (20) If Rose has the meniscus removed that would allow him to return to the league quicker but it's a risky move, one that could shorten his career.

Venture


Definition:

  • (n.) An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.
  • (n.) An event that is not, or can not be, foreseen; an accident; chance; hap; contingency; luck.
  • (n.) The thing put to hazard; a stake; a risk; especially, something sent to sea in trade.
  • (v. i.) To hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare.
  • (v. i.) To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the chances.
  • (v. t.) To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture one's person in a balloon.
  • (v. t.) To put or send on a venture or chance; as, to venture a horse to the West Indies.
  • (v. t.) To confide in; to rely on; to trust.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In London, diesel emissions are now so bad that on several days earlier this summer, children, older people and vulnerable adults were warned not to venture outside .
  • (2) In a new venture, BDJ Study Tours will offer a separate itinerary for partners on the Study Safari so whilst the business of dentistry gets under way they can explore additional sights in this fascinating country.
  • (3) Clearly, therefore, image is everything, especially in a world that can still be unkind to geeky people venturing out in public wearing their latest invention.
  • (4) The venture capitalist argued in his report, commissioned by the Downing Street policy guru Steve Hilton, in favour of "compensated no fault-dismissal" for small businesses.
  • (5) The affiliation set up a joint venture to operate two clinics, one on Scholl College's traditional campus and one at the teaching hospital.
  • (6) Casaleggio himself ventured that the M5S's programme could be like that of the Swedish Social Democrats.
  • (7) They also point to her involvement, between 1999 and 2005, with Computer Associates-Jinchen, a joint venture between an American tech company and a Chinese firm in which China’s ministry of public security reportedly held a 20% stake.
  • (8) "All the other titles are joint ventures or published under licence," he said.
  • (9) This finding accords with the results of similar studies of infection immunity to other intracellular parasites, and implies that the expression of cellular resistance to F. tularensis is a cooperative venture involving specifically sensitized lymphocytes and non-specific inflammatory cells, presumably macrophages.
  • (10) "[The partnership] would take account of things they are very good at and the things that we are good at and put them together in a new venture," Smith told peers.
  • (11) Other joint venture deals, designed to give the Pinewood name a global footprint, have also created Pinewood Toronto Studios and Pinewood Malaysia Iskandar Studios, with the latter due to open in 2013.
  • (12) Lewis Wind Power, the joint venture company set up by Amec and British Energy, said it was "bitterly disappointed" by the decision.
  • (13) Roy Keane tends to play conservatively these days but took the opportunity before the interval to venture forward more and it was from his cross that Robbie Keane scored No2, taken at the second attempt after his initial shot had hit a defender.
  • (14) Those seeking to stop the project contend that the $997m joint venture, signed in May 2010, did not undergo parliamentary scrutiny because it was concluded under the previous military regime.
  • (15) It’s the first time the digital monsters have made it on to smartphones – so what do you make of this new venture?
  • (16) Infusion or CRF into the LC (1-100 ng) significantly increased the time spent in the compartment and decreased the amount of time spent exploring the outside of the compartment or venturing into the inner squares of the open field, all indices of anxiogenic behavior.
  • (17) It seemed that a gust of wind had dislodged part of the screen’s moorings leaving the visiting Leicester party, who had to negotiate a new take-off slot for their post-match flight back to East Midlands, looking unimpressed when they ventured to the touchline.
  • (18) DMGT has also confirmed it is in talks to join the Local World joint venture.
  • (19) The charity has long been known for working in troublespots where few other humanitarians would venture, and for its “first in, last out” approach.
  • (20) The sale of Vodafone's 45% stake in its US joint venture to its partner Verizon Communications would end 13 years of an often fractious shared ownership.