dividend vs profits

profits vs dividend

dividend and profits both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dividend	Yes	No	No	No
profits	Yes	No	No	No

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

dividend (noun)	profits (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)	something won (especially money)
a number to be divided by another number

Difference between dividend and profits

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