profits vs lucre

profits and lucre both are nouns.

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

As nouns, profits and lucre are synonyms defined as:

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

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

profits (noun)	lucre (noun)
the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)	the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
something won (especially money)	informal terms for money