dividend vs net profit

net profit vs dividend

dividend and net profit both are nouns.

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

As nouns, net profit is a hypernym of dividend; that is, net profit 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 profit: 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 income, profit, profits.

dividend (noun)	net profit (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 profit

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