profits vs earnings

profits and earnings both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
profits	Yes	No	No	No
earnings	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, profits and earnings are synonyms defined as:

profits and earnings: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

Other synonyms of profits include lucre, net, net income, net profit, profit.

profits (noun)	earnings (noun)
the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)	something that remunerates
something won (especially money)	the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)