profit vs windfall profit

windfall profit vs profit

profit and windfall profit both are nouns.

profit is a verb but windfall profit is not a verb.

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

As nouns, windfall profit is a hyponym of profit; that is, windfall profit 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)
windfall profit: profit that occurs unexpectedly as a consequence of some event not controlled by those who profit from it

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

profit (noun)	windfall profit (noun)
the advantageous quality of being beneficial	profit that occurs unexpectedly as a consequence of some event not controlled by those who profit from it
the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

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

Difference between profit and windfall profit

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