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Profitable vs Contribution - What's the difference?

profitable | contribution |

As an adjective profitable

is producing a profit.

As a noun contribution is

something given or offered that adds to a larger whole.

profitable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Producing a profit.
  • * (Aeschylus)
    • It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)
    • , volume=189, issue=2, page=27, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= The tao of tech , passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable . Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content", or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing"

    Synonyms

    * lucrative

    Antonyms

    * unprofitable

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    contribution

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something given or offered that adds to a larger whole.
  • An amount of money given toward something.
  • The act of contributing.