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investment vs speculation

speculation vs investment

investment and speculation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
investment Yes No No No
speculation Yes No No No
As nouns, speculation is a hyponym of investment; that is, speculation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than investment:
  • investment: money that is invested with an expectation of profit
  • speculation: an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits
Other hyponyms of investment include venture, reinvestment.
investment (noun) speculation (noun)
the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
the act of putting on robes or vestments continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature
the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits
the commitment of something other than money (time, energy, or effort) to a project with the expectation of some worthwhile result
money that is invested with an expectation of profit
Difference between investment and speculation

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