Profitable vs Worthwhile - What's the difference?
profitable | worthwhile | Related terms |
Producing a profit.
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, title= Good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on.
Profitable is a related term of worthwhile.
As adjectives the difference between profitable and worthwhile
is that profitable is producing a profit while worthwhile is good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on.profitable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
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
* lucrativeAntonyms
* unprofitableDerived terms
* (l)worthwhile
English
Alternative forms
* worth whileAdjective
(en adjective)- Doing volunteer work to help others is truly worthwhile .