profit vs cleanup

cleanup vs profit

profit and cleanup both are nouns.

profit is a verb but cleanup is not a verb.

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

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

profit: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
cleanup: a very large profit

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

profit (noun)	cleanup (noun)
the advantageous quality of being beneficial	the act of making something clean
the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)	(baseball) the fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team)
	a very large profit

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

Difference between profit and cleanup

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