percentage vs profit

percentage and profit both are nouns.

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

percentage (noun)	profit (noun)
assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group	the advantageous quality of being beneficial
a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred); ten percent	the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

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