profit vs margin

margin vs profit

profit and margin both are nouns.

profit is a verb but margin is not a verb.

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

As nouns, margin is a hyponym of profit; that is, 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)
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, gross profit margin, markup, accumulation, dividend.

profit (noun)	margin (noun)
the advantageous quality of being beneficial	an amount beyond the minimum necessary
the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)	a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
	the blank space that surrounds the text on a page
	the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
	(finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
	the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary

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

Difference between profit and margin

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