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income vs lucre

lucre vs income

income and lucre both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
income Yes No No No
lucre Yes No No No
As nouns, lucre is a hyponym of income; that is, lucre is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than income:
  • income: the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time
  • lucre: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
income (noun) lucre (noun)
the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
informal terms for money
Difference between income and lucre

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