investment vs commitment

commitment vs investment

investment and commitment both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
investment	Yes	No	No	No
commitment	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, commitment is a hypernym of investment; that is, commitment is a word with a broader meaning than investment:

investment: the commitment of something other than money (time, energy, or effort) to a project with the expectation of some worthwhile result
commitment: the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose

Other hypernyms of investment include committedness.

investment (noun)	commitment (noun)
the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit	the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action
the act of putting on robes or vestments	the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank	an engagement by contract involving financial obligation
outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism	the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose
the commitment of something other than money (time, energy, or effort) to a project with the expectation of some worthwhile result	a message that makes a pledge
money that is invested with an expectation of profit

Difference between investment and commitment

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