investment trust vs investment company

investment trust and investment company both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other synonyms of investment trust include fund, investment firm.

investment trust (noun)	investment company (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