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profit vs profitability

profitability vs profit

profit and profitability both are nouns.

profit is a verb but profitability is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
profit Yes No Yes No
profitability Yes No No No
As nouns, profitability is a hyponym of profit; that is, profitability is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than profit:
  • profit: the advantageous quality of being beneficial
  • profitability: the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit
Other hyponyms of profit include account, gainfulness, lucrativeness, profitableness.
profit (noun) profitability (noun)
the advantageous quality of being beneficial the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit
the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
profit (verb) profitability (verb)
make a profit; gain money or materially
derive a benefit from
Difference between profit and profitability

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