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income vs profits

profits vs income

income and profits both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
income Yes No No No
profits Yes No No No
As nouns, profits is a hyponym of income; that is, profits 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
  • profits: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
income (noun) profits (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)
something won (especially money)
Difference between income and profits

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