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Profiting vs Profiteering - What's the difference?

profiting | profiteering |

As verbs the difference between profiting and profiteering

is that profiting is present participle of lang=en while profiteering is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between profiting and profiteering

is that profiting is the making of a profit while profiteering is the act of making an unreasonable profit not justified by the corresponding assumption of risk, or by doing so unethically.

profiting

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The making of a profit.
  • profiteering

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (-)
  • The act of making an unreasonable profit not justified by the corresponding assumption of risk, or by doing so unethically
  • See also

    * propheteering