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profit vs income

income vs profit

profit and income both are nouns.

profit is a verb but income is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
profit Yes No Yes No
income Yes No No No
As nouns, income is a hypernym of profit; that is, income is a word with a broader meaning than profit:
  • profit: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
  • income: the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time
profit (noun) income (noun)
the advantageous quality of being beneficial the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time
the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
profit (verb) income (verb)
make a profit; gain money or materially
derive a benefit from
Difference between profit and income

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