net profit vs accumulation

accumulation vs net profit

net profit and accumulation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
net profit	Yes	No	No	No
accumulation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, accumulation is a hyponym of net profit; that is, accumulation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than net profit:

net profit: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
accumulation: (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation

Other hyponyms of net profit include earning per share, windfall profit, cleanup, killing, fast buck, quick buck, filthy lucre, gross profit, gross profit margin, margin, markup, dividend.

net profit (noun)	accumulation (noun)
the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)	the act of accumulating
	several things grouped together or considered as a whole
	(finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation
	an increase by natural growth or addition

Difference between net profit and accumulation

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