earnings vs profits

earnings and profits both are nouns.

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

As nouns, earnings and profits are synonyms defined as:

earnings and profits: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

Other synonyms of earnings include lucre, net, net income, net profit, profit.

earnings (noun)	profits (noun)
something that remunerates	the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)	something won (especially money)