income vs profit

profit vs income

income and profit both are nouns.

income is not a verb while profit is a verb.

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

As nouns, profit is a hyponym of income; that is, profit 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
profit: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

Other hyponyms of income include disposable income, double dipping, easy money, gravy train, Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization, EBITDA, earnings, lucre, net, net income, net profit, profits, cash flow, personal income, rental income, issue, payoff, proceeds, return, take, takings, yield, gross revenue, gross sales, sales, net sales, unearned income, unearned revenue, unearned income, unearned revenue, government income, government revenue, per capita income.

income (noun)	profit (noun)
the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time	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)

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

Difference between income and profit

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