earnings vs windfall profit

windfall profit vs earnings

earnings and windfall profit both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
earnings	Yes	No	No	No
windfall profit	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, windfall profit is a hyponym of earnings; that is, windfall profit 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)
windfall profit: profit that occurs unexpectedly as a consequence of some event not controlled by those who profit from it

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

earnings (noun)	windfall profit (noun)
something that remunerates	profit that occurs unexpectedly as a consequence of some event not controlled by those who profit from it
the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

Difference between earnings and windfall profit

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