An industry is a group of manufacturers or businesses that produce a particular kind of goods or services. ... Industry comes from the Latin industria, which means "diligence, hard work," and the word is still used with that meaning.
Trade as a noun can refer to the action of buying-selling or exchanging goods and services between people, companies, countries, and other entities. ... ' It may also refer to a particular industry as in the building, tourist or fur trades. People, companies, and countries that buy and sell goods and services are traders.
