margin vs profit

profit vs margin

margin and profit both are nouns.

margin is not a verb while profit is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
margin	Yes	No	No	No
profit	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, profit is a hypernym of margin; that is, profit is a word with a broader meaning than margin:

margin: (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
profit: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

Other hypernyms of margin include earnings, lucre, net, net income, net profit, profits.

margin (noun)	profit (noun)
an amount beyond the minimum necessary	the advantageous quality of being beneficial
a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits	the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
the blank space that surrounds the text on a page
the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
(finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary

margin (verb)	profit (verb)
	make a profit; gain money or materially
	derive a benefit from

Difference between margin and profit

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