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Proceeds vs Proceedings - What's the difference?

proceeds | proceedings |

As nouns the difference between proceeds and proceedings

is that proceeds is revenue; gross revenue while proceedings is plural of lang=enCategory:English plurals.

As a verb proceeds

is third-person singular of proceed.

proceeds

English

Noun

(en-plural noun)
  • Revenue; gross revenue.
    • They will donate all proceeds -- the entire amount collected in ticket sales -- from the show to charity.
  • Profits; net revenue.
    • They will donate net proceeds -- whatever money is left after they pay their expenses -- from the show to charity.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (proceed)

    • Anagrams

    * English heteronyms

    proceedings

    English

    Usage notes

    The latter UK pronunciation is generally only used for distinguishing this word from (preceding)

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • English plurals
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012
    • , date=June 2 , author= Phil McNulty , title=England 1-0 Belgium , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Hodgson's approach may not illuminate proceedings in Poland and Ukraine but early evidence suggests they will be tough to break down.}}
  • (legal, pluralonly) The course of procedure in the prosecution of an action at law. (convert into real quote) Blackstone.
  • The published record of the actions of a society, or of things done at its meetings.