Difference between Mercenary and Moneymaking

What is the difference between Mercenary and Moneymaking?

Mercenary as an adjective is motivated by private gain while Moneymaking as an adjective is profitable.

Mercenary

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: motivated by private gain

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose prime or sole motivation is private gain.

Example sentence: I spent a great deal of time with Che Guevara while I was in Havana. I believe he was far less a mercenary than he was a freedom fighter.

Moneymaking

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Profitable.For profit.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act of making money, of profiting.

We hope you now know whether to use Mercenary or Moneymaking in your sentence.

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