earnings vs margin

margin vs earnings

earnings and margin both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
earnings	Yes	No	No	No
margin	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, margin is a hyponym of earnings; that is, margin is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than earnings:

earnings: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
margin: (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold

Other hyponyms of earnings include earning per share, windfall profit, cleanup, killing, fast buck, quick buck, filthy lucre, gross profit, gross profit margin, markup, accumulation, dividend.

earnings (noun)	margin (noun)
something that remunerates	an amount beyond the minimum necessary
the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)	a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
	the blank space that surrounds the text on a page
	the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
	(finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
	the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary

Difference between earnings and margin

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