Profit vs. Gain

Profitnoun

Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price.

Profitnoun

Benefit, positive result obtained.

Profitnoun

(legal) In property law, a nonpossessory interest in land whereby a party is entitled to enter the land of another for the purpose of taking the soil or the substance of the soil (coal, oil, minerals, and in some jurisdictions timber and game).

Profitverb

(transitive) To benefit (somebody), be of use to (somebody).

Profitverb

To benefit, gain.

Profitverb

To take advantage of, exploit, use.

Profitnoun

Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation; emolument; as, a profit on the sale of goods.

Profitnoun

Accession of good; valuable results; useful consequences; benefit; avail; gain; as, an office of profit,

Profitverb

To be of service to; to be good to; to help on; to benefit; to advantage; to avail; to aid; as, truth profits all men.

Profitverb

To gain advantage; to make improvement; to improve; to gain; to advance.

Profitverb

To be of use or advantage; to do or bring good.

Profitnoun

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

Profitnoun

the advantageous quality of being beneficial

Profitverb

derive a benefit from;

Profitverb

make a profit; gain money or materially;

Gainpreposition

(obsolete) Against.

Gainadjective

(obsolete) Straight, direct; near; short.

Gainadjective

(obsolete) Suitable; convenient; ready.

Gainadjective

(dialectal) Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous.

Gainadjective

(dialectal) Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap.

Gainadverb

(obsolete) Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means.

Gainadverb

(dialectal) Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately.

Gainadverb

(dialectal) Tolerably; fairly.

Gainnoun

The act of gaining; acquisition.

Gainnoun

What is gained.

Gainnoun

(electronics) The factor by which a signal is multiplied.

Gainnoun

(architecture) A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

Gainverb

(transitive) To acquire possession of.

Gainverb

(intransitive) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.

Gainverb

To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.

Gainverb

(transitive) To increase.

Gainverb

(intransitive) To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual.

Gainverb

(transitive) To reach.

Gainverb

To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.

Gainverb

(intransitive) To put on weight.

Gainverb

(of a clock or watch) To run fast.

Gainnoun

A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

Gainnoun

That which is gained, obtained, or acquired, as increase, profit, advantage, or benefit; - opposed to loss.

Gainnoun

The obtaining or amassing of profit or valuable possessions; acquisition; accumulation.

Gainadjective

Convenient; suitable; direct; near; handy; dexterous; easy; profitable; cheap; respectable.

Gainverb

To get, as profit or advantage; to obtain or acquire by effort or labor; as, to gain a good living.

Gainverb

To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition; as, to gain a battle; to gain a case at law; to gain a prize.

Gainverb

To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.

Gainverb

To reach; to attain to; to arrive at; as, to gain the top of a mountain; to gain a good harbor.

Gainverb

To get, incur, or receive, as loss, harm, or damage.

Gainverb

To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress; as, the sick man gains daily.

Gainnoun

a quantity that is added;

Gainnoun

the advantageous quality of being beneficial

Gainnoun

the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input

Gainnoun

the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating

Gainverb

obtain;

Gainverb

win something through one's efforts;

Gainverb

derive a benefit from;

Gainverb

reach a destination, either real or abstract;

Gainverb

obtain advantages, such as points, etc.;

Gainverb

rise in rate or price;

Gainverb

increase in;

Gainverb

earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages;

Gainverb

increase (one's body weight);

Gainverb

obtain or secure (something wanted or desirable)

Gainverb

benefit

Gainverb

win over to one's interest or views

Gainverb

reach or arrive at (a destination)

Gainverb

come closer to (a person or thing pursued)

Gainverb

increase the amount or rate of (something, typically weight or speed)

Gainverb

increase in value

Gainverb

improve or advance in (some respect)

Gainverb

(of a clock or watch) become fast by (a specific amount of time)

Gainnoun

an increase in wealth or resources

Gainnoun

a thing that is achieved or acquired

Gainnoun

the factor by which power or voltage is increased in an amplifier or other electronic device, usually expressed as a logarithm