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Voluntary vs Nonprofit - What's the difference?

voluntary | nonprofit |

As adjectives the difference between voluntary and nonprofit

is that voluntary is done, given, or acting of one's own free will while nonprofit is not seeking to produce a profit (a financial gain).

As nouns the difference between voluntary and nonprofit

is that voluntary is (music) a short piece of music, often having improvisation, played on a solo instrument while nonprofit is an organization that exists for reasons other than to make a profit, such as a charitable, educational or service organization.

As an adverb voluntary

is (obsolete) voluntarily.

voluntary

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Done, given, or acting of one's own free will.
  • * N. W. Taylor
    • That sin or guilt pertains exclusively to voluntary action is the true principle of orthodoxy.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • She fell to lust a voluntary prey.
  • Done by design or intention; intentional.
    • If a man accidentally kills another by lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter.
  • Working or done without payment.
  • Endowed with the power of willing.
  • * Hooker
    • God did not work as a necessary, but a voluntary , agent, intending beforehand, and decreeing with himself, that which did outwardly proceed from him.
  • Of or relating to voluntaryism.
    • a voluntary church, in distinction from an established or state church

    Synonyms

    * discretionary * optional * willful * volitional

    Antonyms

    * compulsory * involuntary * obligatory

    Derived terms

    * voluntarily

    Related terms

    * volition * voluntarism * voluntarist * volunteer * will

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (obsolete) Voluntarily.
  • *1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.4:
  • *:And all that els was pretious and deare, / The sea unto him voluntary brings [...].

    • Noun

    (voluntaries)
  • (music) A short piece of music, often having improvisation, played on a solo instrument
  • A volunteer

    • nonprofit

    English

    (wikipedia nonprofit)

    Alternative forms

    * non-profit

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not seeking to produce a profit (a financial gain).

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An organization that exists for reasons other than to make a profit, such as a charitable, educational or service organization.
    • Employees of a nonprofit rarely make as much as greedy counterparts in the commercial world.
    If it wasn't subsidized, the nonprofit would be bankrupt.

    Synonyms

    * not-for-profit * NPO