different between crowdsourcing vs outsourcing

English

Etymology

Coined 2006 by Wired magazine writer Jeff Howe. From crowd +? sourcing, by analogy with outsourcing.

Noun

crowdsourcing (countable and uncountable, plural crowdsourcings)

1. (neologism) The delegation of a task to a large diffuse group in order to introduce new or more developed skill sets and improve efficiency. There is usually no substantial monetary compensation involved.
   • June 2006, Jeff Howe, Wired Magazine 14.06, "The Rise of Crowdsourcing" [1]:

     "P&G is one of InnoCentive’s earliest and best customers, but the company works with other crowdsourcing networks as well."

   • January 2007, Jessi Hempel, Business Week, "Tapping the Wisdom of the Crowd":

     "While not a new phenomenon, crowdsourcing is really growing as a business trend."

   • July 2007, Twisted, comp.lang.java.programmer:

     "Costs can be reduced by crowdsourcing more content."

Related terms

• crowdworker

Translations

Verb

crowdsourcing

1. present participle of crowdsource

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?a?t?s??(?).s??/

Verb

outsourcing

1. present participle of outsource

Noun

outsourcing (countable and uncountable, plural outsourcings)

1. The transfer of a business function to an external service provider.

Antonyms

• insourcing

Coordinate terms

• offshoring

Descendants

• ? Danish: outsourcing
• ? German: Outsourcing
• ? Italian: outsourcing
• ? Polish: outsourcing
• ? Portuguese: outsourcing
• ? Spanish: outsourcing

Translations

See also

• botsourcing
• crowdsourcing

Anagrams

• outscouring

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English outsourcing.

Noun

outsourcing

1. (chiefly uncountable) outsourcing

Declension

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English outsourcing.

Noun

outsourcing m (uncountable)

1. outsourcing

Polish

Etymology

From English outsourcing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aw?ts?r.sink/

Noun

outsourcing m inan

1. (business, management) outsourcing

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) outsourcingowy

Further reading

• outsourcing in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• outsourcing in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English outsourcing.

Noun

outsourcing m (uncountable)

1. outsourcing (transfer of a business function to an external service provider)

   Synonyms: terceirização, externalização

Spanish

Etymology

From English outsourcing.

Noun

outsourcing m (uncountable)

1. outsourcing