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tax break vs deduction

deduction vs tax break

tax break and deduction both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
tax break Yes No No No
deduction Yes No No No
As nouns, deduction is a hypernym of tax break; that is, deduction is a word with a broader meaning than tax break:
  • tax break: a tax deduction that is granted in order to encourage a particular type of commercial activity
  • deduction: a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket
Other hypernyms of tax break include tax deduction, tax write-off.
tax break (noun) deduction (noun)
a tax deduction that is granted in order to encourage a particular type of commercial activity the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)
the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
an amount or percentage deducted
a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket
Difference between tax break and deduction

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