leverage vs investment
investment vs leverageleverage and investment both are nouns.
leverage is a verb but investment is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| leverage | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| investment | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
investment is a hypernym of
leverage; that is, investment is a
word with a broader meaning than leverage:
- leverage: investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses)
- investment: the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit
Other hypernyms of leverage include
investing.
| leverage (noun) | investment (noun) |
|---|---|
| investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses) | the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit |
| strategic advantage; power to act effectively | the act of putting on robes or vestments |
| the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever | the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank |
| outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism | |
| 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 |
| leverage (verb) | investment (verb) |
|---|---|
| provide with leverage | |
| supplement with leverage |
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