investment company vs investment trust

investment company and investment trust both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
investment company	Yes	No	No	No
investment trust	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, investment company and investment trust are synonyms defined as:

investment company and investment trust: a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies

Other synonyms of investment company include fund, investment firm.

investment company (noun)	investment trust (noun)
a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies	a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies