gross profit vs profit

gross profit and profit both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gross profit	Yes	No	No	No
profit	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, profit is a hypernym of gross profit; that is, profit is a word with a broader meaning than gross profit:

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

Other hypernyms of gross profit include earnings, lucre, net, net income, net profit, profits.

gross profit (noun)	profit (noun)
(finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold	the advantageous quality of being beneficial
	the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

gross profit (verb)	profit (verb)
	make a profit; gain money or materially
	derive a benefit from