dividend vs net income

net income vs dividend

dividend and net income both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dividend	Yes	No	No	No
net income	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, net income is a hypernym of dividend; that is, net income is a word with a broader meaning than dividend:

dividend: that part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders; usually paid quarterly
net income: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

Other hypernyms of dividend include earnings, lucre, net, net profit, profit, profits.

dividend (noun)	net income (noun)
that part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders; usually paid quarterly	the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
a bonus; something extra (especially a share of a surplus)
a number to be divided by another number

Difference between dividend and net income

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