profit vs markup

markup vs profit

profit and markup both are nouns.

profit is a verb but markup is not a verb.

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

As nouns, markup is a hyponym of profit; that is, markup 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)
markup: the amount added to the cost to determine the asking price

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

profit (noun)	markup (noun)
the advantageous quality of being beneficial	detailed stylistic instructions for typesetting something that is to be printed; manual markup is usually written on the copy (e.g. underlining words that are to be set in italics)
the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)	the amount added to the cost to determine the asking price

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

Difference between profit and markup

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