profit vs gross profit margin

gross profit margin vs profit

profit and gross profit margin both are nouns.

profit is a verb but gross profit margin is not a verb.

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

As nouns, gross profit margin is a hyponym of profit; that is, gross profit margin 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)
gross profit margin: (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold

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

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

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

Difference between profit and gross profit margin

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