corporation vs shell entity

shell entity vs corporation

corporation and shell entity both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
corporation	Yes	No	No	No
shell entity	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, shell entity is a hyponym of corporation; that is, shell entity is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than corporation:

corporation: a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state
shell entity: a company that is incorporated but has no assets or operations

Other hyponyms of corporation include conglomerate, empire, large cap, small cap, close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation, privately held corporation, closely held corporation, shell corporation, FDIC, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, FHLMC, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Federal National Mortgage Association, FNMA, Boy Scouts of America.

corporation (noun)	shell entity (noun)
slang for a paunch	a company that is incorporated but has no assets or operations
a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state

Difference between corporation and shell entity

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