open-end investment company vs mutual fund

open-end investment company and mutual fund both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
open-end investment company	Yes	No	No	No
mutual fund	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, open-end investment company and mutual fund are synonyms defined as:

open-end investment company and mutual fund: a regulated investment company with a pool of assets that regularly sells and redeems its shares

Other synonyms of open-end investment company include mutual fund company, open-end fund.

open-end investment company (noun)	mutual fund (noun)
a regulated investment company with a pool of assets that regularly sells and redeems its shares	a regulated investment company with a pool of assets that regularly sells and redeems its shares
	the pooled money that is invested in assets