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Depreciation vs Depletion - What's the difference?

depreciation | depletion |

As nouns the difference between depreciation and depletion

is that depreciation is depreciation while depletion is depletion.

depreciation

English

Noun

  • The state of being depreciated.
  • The decline in value of assets.
  • (accounting) The measurement of the decline in value of assets. Not to be confused with impairment, which is the measurement of the unplanned, extraordinary decline in value of assets.

    • See also

    * ("depreciation" on Wikipedia)

    depletion

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the act of depleting, or the state of being depleted; exhaustion
  • the consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished

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